Notwithstanding any provision of law which imposes a period of limitation to the contrary and the provisions of any other law pertaining to the filing of a notice of claim or a notice of intention to file a claim as a condition precedent to commencement of an action or special proceeding, every civil claim or cause of action brought against any party alleging intentional or negligent acts or omissions by a person for physical, psychological, or other injury or condition suffered as a result of conduct which would constitute a sexual offense as defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law committed against a child less than eighteen years of age, incest as defined in section 255.27, 255.26 or 255.25 of the penal law committed against a child less than eighteen years of age, or the use of a child in a sexual performance as defined in section 263.05 of the penal law, or a predecessor statute that prohibited such conduct at the time of the act, which conduct was committed against a child less than eighteen years of age, which is barred as of the effective date of this section because the applicable period of limitation has expired, and/or the plaintiff previously failed to file a notice of claim or a notice of intention to file a claim, is hereby revived, and action thereon may be commenced not earlier than six months after, and not later than two years and six months after the effective date of this section. In any such claim or action: (a) in addition to any other defense and affirmative defense that may be available in accordance with law, rule or the common law, to the extent that the acts alleged in such action are of the type described in subdivision one of section 130.30 of the penal law or subdivision one of section 130.45 of the penal law, the affirmative defenses set forth, respectively, in the closing paragraph of such sections of the penal law shall apply; and (b) dismissal of a previous action, ordered before the effective date of this section, on grounds that such previous action was time barred, and/or for failure of a party to file a notice of claim or a notice of intention to file a claim, shall not be grounds for dismissal of a revival action pursuant to this section.
§ 214-g.Certain child sexual abuse cases.
Article 2. Limitations of Time · Last amended 2020 · Last verified July 21, 2026
In one sentenceCPLR 214-g revived previously time-barred civil claims for child sexual abuse, letting survivors sue during a fixed window running from six months to two years and six months after the section's 2019 effective date, regardless of an earlier missed notice-of-claim deadline.
Full Text of CPLR 214-g
Plain-English Summary
CPLR 214-g is the revival provision at the center of what's commonly called the Child Victims Act. It responds to a well-documented pattern: survivors of child sexual abuse often don't come forward until well into adulthood, long after the ordinary limitations period — and, for claims against public entities, any notice-of-claim deadline — had already run. The section covers conduct that would constitute a sexual offense under Penal Law Article 130, specified incest offenses, or the use of a child in a sexual performance, where the victim was under eighteen at the time.
The revival window didn't open immediately. It began six months after the section's effective date, giving courts and litigants time to prepare, and originally ran for two years after that before a 2020 amendment extended it further. Revival applies notwithstanding any expired limitations period and notwithstanding any earlier failure to file a notice of claim, and the section goes further still: an earlier dismissal of the same claim as time-barred, or for lack of a notice of claim, isn't grounds to dismiss the revived action.
The section doesn't strip away every defense a defendant might raise. For claims resting on specific, narrower Penal Law provisions, the same affirmative defenses available under those provisions in a criminal case remain available here as well.
CPLR 214-g pairs with CPLR 213-c, which sets an ongoing twenty-year window for sexual offense victims generally, and with CPLR 214-j, the companion revival statute enacted three years later for adult survivors under what's known as the Adult Survivors Act. Where 213-c operates prospectively for offenses within its own twenty-year period, 214-g and 214-j reach back to revive claims that had already expired.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CPLR 214-g?
It's the Child Victims Act's revival provision, reviving previously time-barred civil claims for child sexual abuse for a defined window.
Is the revival window under CPLR 214-g still open?
No. The window ran from six months to two years and six months after the section's February 14, 2019 effective date, later extended by a 2020 amendment, and it has since closed.
Do I need to have filed a timely notice of claim to use CPLR 214-g?
No. The section revives claims even where the plaintiff previously failed to file a notice of claim or notice of intention to file a claim.
Does it matter if a court already dismissed my earlier claim as untimely?
No. CPLR 214-g states that an earlier dismissal on timeliness or notice-of-claim grounds isn't grounds to dismiss the revived claim.
What kind of abuse does CPLR 214-g cover?
Conduct constituting a sexual offense under Penal Law Article 130, specified incest offenses, or the use of a child in a sexual performance, all committed against a victim under eighteen years of age.
How is CPLR 214-g different from CPLR 213-c?
CPLR 213-c is an ongoing twenty-year statute of limitations for sexual offense claims generally; CPLR 214-g was a one-time revival window for child sexual abuse claims that had already expired by the time the section took effect.
Amendment History
L 2019, ch 11, § 3, effective February 14, 2019; L 2020, ch 130, § 1, effective August 3, 2020.
Source & verification. Provision text, History, and Advisory
Committee Notes are reproduced verbatim from the Consolidated Laws of New York.
Last verified July 21, 2026.
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