Section 2-A-506. Statute of Limitations  


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  • (1)  An action for default under a lease contract, including breach of
      warranty or indemnity, must be commenced within  four  years  after  the
      cause  of  action  accrued.  In  a lease contract that is not a consumer
      lease, by the original lease contract the parties may reduce the  period
      of limitation to not less than one year.
        (2)  A cause of action for default accrues when the act or omission on
      which the default or breach of warranty is based is or should have  been
      discovered by the aggrieved party, or when the default occurs, whichever
      is  later.  A  cause  of  action  for  indemnity accrues when the act or
      omission on which the claim for indemnity is based  is  or  should  have
      been discovered by the indemnified party, whichever is later.
        (3)  If  an action commenced within the time limited by subsection (1)
      is so terminated as to leave available a remedy by  another  action  for
      the  same  default  or breach of warranty or indemnity, the other action
      may be commenced after the expiration of the time limited and within six
      months after the termination of the first action unless the  termination
      resulted  from voluntary discontinuance or from dismissal for failure or
      neglect to prosecute.
        (4) This section does not alter the law on tolling of the  statute  of
      limitations  nor  does  it  apply  to causes of action that have accrued
      before this Article becomes effective.