Alabama | 6 years | 6 years | forgery, violent felonies, arson, counterfeiting, drug trafficking, or a sex offense with a person under age 16. | 3 years |
Alaska | 3 years | 3 years | multiple sex crimes, murder, or kidnapping. | 5 to 10 years |
Arizona | 6 years | 3 years | homicide, falsifying public records, misuse of public money, or violent sexual assault. | 7 years |
Arkansas | 5 years | 3 years | multiple sex offenses or murder | 3 to 6 years |
California | 4 years | 2 years | multiple sex crimes, offenses punishable by life in prison or death, or embezzlement of public funds | 3 to 6 years |
Colorado | 6 years | 6 years | treason, sex offenses against children, murder, kidnapping, or forgery | 3 years |
Connecticut | 6 years | 3 years | Class A felonies or murder | 5 to 30 years |
Delaware | 3 years | 3 years | murder, Class A felonies, or multiple sex offenses | 5 to 13 years |
Florida | 5 years | 4 years | perjury, capital or life felonies, or felonies that result in death | 3 to 5 years |
Georgia | 6 years | 4 years | no statute of limitations on certain crimes against children and murder | 4 to 15 years |
Hawaii | 6 years | 6 years | 1st or 2nd degree murder or attempted murder or solicitation to commit murder | 3 to 10 years |
Idaho | 5 years | 4 years | murder, rape, sexual abuse or lewd conduct with a child, or voluntary manslaughter | 3 to 5 years |
Illinois | 10 years | 5 years | involuntary manslaughter, 1st or 2nd degree murder, reckless homicide, treason, arson, child pornography, or forgery | 3 to 7 years |
Indiana | 10 years | 5 years | murder or Level 1 or 2 felonies | 5 to 6 years |
Iowa | 10 years | 5 years | 1st and 2nd degree murder | 3 to 10 years |
Kansas | 5 years | 3 years | terrorism, rape, or murder | 5 to 10 years |
Kentucky | 10 years | 5 years | all felonies | no limits on all felonies |
Louisiana | 10 years | 10 years | crimes punishable by death or life imprisonment | 4 to 10 years |
Maine | 6 years | 6 years | incest, rape, gross sexual assault on a victim under 16, homicide, or murder | 2 to 6 years |
Maryland | 3 years | 3 years | murder, unlawful homicide, or manslaughter | 3 years |
Massachusetts | 6 years | 6 years | murder | 6 to 15 years |
Michigan | 6 years | 6 years | murder | 6 to 10 years |
Minnesota | 6 years | 6 years | murder | 3 to 9 years |
Mississippi | 3 years | 3 years | arson, burglary, forgery, murder, manslaughter, counterfeiting, rape, larceny, robbery, sexual crimes, obtaining money under false pretenses, and embezzlement | 2 years |
Missouri | 10 years | 5 years | Class A felonies or murder | 1 to 10 years |
Montana | 8 years | 5 years | mitigated, negligent, or deliberate homicide | 1 to 10 years |
Nebraska | 5 years | 4 years | forgery, arson, sex assaults, murder, or treason | 1 to 7 years |
Nevada | 6 years | 4 years | certain sexual assault offenses or murder | 4 years |
New Hampshire | 3 years | 3 years | murder | 1 to 6 years |
New Jersey | 6 years | 6 years | murder or manslaughter | 5 to 7 years |
New Mexico | 6 years | 4 years | capital or 1st degree felonies | 3 to 6 years |
New York | 6 years | 6 years | Class A felonies, murder, or rape | 1 to 5 years |
North Carolina | 3 years | 3 years | all felonies | no limits on all felonies |
North Dakota | 6 years | 6 years | murders | 3 to 10 years |
Ohio | 8 years | 6 years | murder | 1 to 20 years |
Oklahoma | 5 years | 3 years | murder | 3 to 7 years |
Oregon | 6 years | 6 years | manslaughter or murder | 6 to 12 years |
Pennsylvania | 4 years | 4 years | murder, manslaughter, conspiracy to murder, soliciting to commit murder, or vehicular homicide | 2 to 12 years |
Rhode Island | 10 years | 10 years | treason, arson, homicide, counterfeiting, burglary, robbery, forgery, sexual assault, bigamy, child molestation, manufacturing, selling, distributing or possession of a controlled substance, or conspiracy | 3 to 10 years |
South Carolina | 3 years | 3 years | all felonies | no limits on all felonies |
South Dakota | 6 years | 6 years | murder | 7 years |
Tennessee | 6 years | 6 years | any crime punishable by life imprisonment or death | 2 to 25 years |
Texas | 4 years | 4 years | manslaughter, murder, or sex crimes | 3 to 10 years |
Utah | 6 years | 4 years | manslaughter, murder, or sex crimes | 2 to 4 years |
Vermont | 6 years | 6 years | arson causing death, kidnapping, sex crimes, or murder | 6 to 40 years |
Virginia | 5 years | 3 years | murder | 1 to 5 years |
Washington | 6 years | 3 years | murder, arson causing death, or vehicular homicide | 1 to 10 years |
West Virginia | 10 years | 5 years | all felonies | no limits on all felonies |
Wisconsin | 6 years | 6 years | all felonies | no limits on all felonies |
Wyoming | 10 years | 8 years | all felonies | no limits on all felonies |