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Debt Recovery & Limitation Periods
State and territory limitation laws for unpaid invoices, contract claims, old disputes, guarantees, demand letters and recovery timing.
Sources last reviewed 8 June 2026
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Limitation Act 1969 (NSW)
Limitation Act 1969 (NSW)
Limitation Act 1974 (Tas)
Limitation Act 1974 (Tas)
Limitation Act 1981 (NT)
Limitation Act 1981 (NT)
Limitation Act 1985 (ACT)
Limitation Act 1985 (ACT)
Limitation Act 2005 (WA)
Limitation Act 2005 (WA)
Limitation of Actions Act 1936 (SA)
Limitation of Actions Act 1936 (SA)
Limitation of Actions Act 1958 (Vic)
Limitation of Actions Act 1958 (Vic)
Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld)
Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld)
Tracker
- New7 June 2026
Debt recovery limitation coverage added
Businesses can now browse limitation-period laws for every state and territory. The pages focus on unpaid invoices, contract claims, old disputes, guarantees, stale demands, record keeping and when to escalate debt recovery before delay becomes a legal problem.
Debt Recovery & Limitation PeriodsContracts & CommercialFinance, Payments & Security - Reviewed2003 Act
Small Business Commissioner Act 2003 history added
This gives the Victorian Small Business Commission page its earlier source trail. For operators, the practical point is that low-cost dispute pathways, mediation preparation and clean correspondence have been part of Victoria's small-business dispute settings for a long time. It is history, but it helps explain why the current Commission process matters before parties rush to court.
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