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Lim­i­ta­tion period

Limitation period calculator

Enter the es­ti­mat­ed date on which the lim­i­ta­tion period began, such as the day you learned or should have learned of the vi­o­la­tion. The cal­cu­la­tor pro­vides a cal­en­dar es­ti­mate for the general 3-year period.

Legal workflow with calculations and documents
Current
April 22, 2026
Format
Online
Value
0 ₴
Online tool

Preliminary calculation of the 3-year period

The tool adds three cal­en­dar years to the entered start date and shows the es­ti­mat­ed final day for ap­ply­ing to court.

This may be the day you learned or could have learned of the in­fringe­ment of your right. If the time limit legally runs from the fol­low­ing day, enter that next day.

Estimated result

estimated period is still running
Estimated last day23 October 2027

Formula: 23 October 2024 + 3 years = 23 October 2027

Cal­en­dar con­ven­tion: Add 3 cal­en­dar years to the entered date. If the cor­re­spond­ing date does not exist in the ending year, use the last day of that month; for example, Feb­ru­ary 29 becomes Feb­ru­ary 28.

Status as of today: es­ti­mat­ed period is still running: in 365 days

The result is an es­ti­mate: a special lim­i­ta­tion period, con­trac­tu­al terms, sus­pen­sion, in­ter­rup­tion, martial law, or case law may change the as­sess­ment.

Start date in the calculation
23 October 2024
General time limit
3 years
Calendar days between dates
1 095
Status as of today
in 365 days

Calculation calendar

Start date
23 October 2024Date the general lim­i­ta­tion period begins.
Start of the period
23 October 2024The cal­cu­la­tor does not change the start date without doc­u­ment review.
Estimated last day
23 October 2027
As of today
es­ti­mat­ed period is still running: in 365 days

Week­ends, public hol­i­days, sus­pen­sion, in­ter­rup­tion, and martial-law or quar­an­tine rules do not apply au­to­mat­i­cal­ly here.

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What the calculator takes into account

A lim­i­ta­tion period is the period within which a person may apply to court to protect a civil right or in­ter­est. The general lim­i­ta­tion period for most civil claims is three years.

The start­ing point is most often linked to the day a person learned or could have learned of the in­fringe­ment of their right or the iden­ti­ty of the in­fringer. However, sep­a­rate rules may apply to con­tracts with a spec­i­fied per­for­mance date, re­course claims, in­va­lid­i­ty of trans­ac­tions, and other cat­e­gories.

The cal­cu­la­tor pro­vides only a cal­en­dar es­ti­mate. It does not au­to­mat­i­cal­ly add week­ends, public hol­i­days, periods of sus­pen­sion or in­ter­rup­tion, quar­an­tine rules, or martial-law rules. For dis­putes in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, check the doc­u­ments and current case law.

Methodology

Calculation methodology

Method­ol­o­gy for de­ter­min­ing the lim­i­ta­tion period

  1. The user in­de­pen­dent­ly de­ter­mines the date on which the lim­i­ta­tion period begins in their sit­u­a­tion.
  2. The cal­cu­la­tor adds three cal­en­dar years as the general lim­i­ta­tion period.
  3. For im­pos­si­ble dates in the ending year, use the last day of the rel­e­vant month.
  4. Special dead­lines, sus­pen­sion, in­ter­rup­tion, wartime rules, and a party’s ap­pli­ca­tion to the court must be checked sep­a­rate­ly.
Example

Calculation example

A person in Kyiv learned of the rights vi­o­la­tion on April 22, 2024 and wants to assess the general 3-year lim­i­ta­tion period.

  • Start date in the cal­cu­la­tion: 22.04.2024
  • General time limit: 3 years

Es­ti­mat­ed last day of the general lim­i­ta­tion period: April 22, 2027.

The date may change due to a special lim­i­ta­tion period, in­ter­rup­tion, sus­pen­sion, or other rules.

Documents

What to check in the documents

  • Con­tract, act, claim, cor­re­spon­dence, or another doc­u­ment showing the breach.
  • The date the person learned or could have learned of the vi­o­la­tion of their right.
  • Claim type: debt, re­course, in­va­lid­i­ty of a trans­ac­tion, in­her­i­tance or another dispute.
  • Events that may have in­ter­rupt­ed or sus­pend­ed the time limit.

Official sources

Prepared
The method­ol­o­gy was pre­pared by the website ed­i­to­r­i­al team based on of­fi­cial sources.
Checked
The cal­cu­la­tion has been re­viewed by a lawyer; no per­son­al data was pub­lished.
Important
The tool pro­vides a pre­lim­i­nary result and does not replace doc­u­ment review.

Current as of . The cal­cu­la­tion is pre­lim­i­nary and depends on the doc­u­ments and cir­cum­stances.

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

Can I file a claim immediately based on this date?

Treat the date as a draft es­ti­mate. Before filing, check the type of claim, the correct trigger date, ev­i­dence of the vi­o­la­tion, the con­tract, and pos­si­ble de­fens­es by the re­spon­dent.

Which date is considered the start of the limitation period?

As a general rule, this is the date on which the person learned or could have learned of the in­fringe­ment of their right. The law sets a special start­ing point for certain claims.

If the deadline has passed, does that mean you will lose in court?

Not au­to­mat­i­cal­ly. The court accepts the claim for con­sid­er­a­tion and applies the lim­i­ta­tion period only if a party to the dispute raises it, unless there are grounds for a dif­fer­ent con­clu­sion.

Is suspension or interruption of the time limit taken into account?

No. The cal­cu­la­tor does not analyze ac­knowl­edg­ment of debt, filing a claim, mora­to­ria, martial law, or other events that may affect the running of the time limit.

Can a contract change the 3-year period?

Such terms are not per­mit­ted in every form. Sep­a­rate­ly check the con­tract text and Civil Code rules on chang­ing the lim­i­ta­tion period.

Why does February 29 move to February 28?

This is a tech­ni­cal cal­en­dar con­ven­tion used by the cal­cu­la­tor for years without Feb­ru­ary 29: the date is not moved into March but capped at the last day of Feb­ru­ary.

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Free initial con­sul­ta­tion

Need to check the limitation-period risk?

Submit an ap­pli­ca­tion if you need to de­ter­mine the correct start date, assess the con­tract, in­ter­rup­tions, or po­si­tion for a dispute in Kyiv.

  • the cal­cu­la­tor result can serve as a ref­er­ence for a con­ver­sa­tion
  • doc­u­ments, dead­lines, or con­tract terms may change the con­clu­sion
  • briefly de­scribe the cir­cum­stances in the form if needed