
Colorado Personal Injury Statute of Limitations
Colorado injury deadlines: 3 years for motor-vehicle crashes, 2 years for most other claims, 182 days to notice a public entity. Confirm your clock.
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Colorado injury deadlines: 3 years for motor-vehicle crashes, 2 years for most other claims, 182 days to notice a public entity. Confirm your clock.

In Colorado, report a crash to your insurer within 24-72 hours. The policy's prompt-notice duty and the 3-year deadline to sue are two different clocks.

Two accidents are two cases. Your body is still one file. One lawyer on both keeps the medical story, the apportionment letter, and any release from working against each other.
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