SOL:  3 years from majority or liberal discovery whichever is later. Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 4.16.340 (1)(a)-(c)

1. Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 4.16.340 (1) “ All claims or causes of action based on intentional conduct brought by any person for recovery of damages for injury suffered as a result of childhood sexual abuse shall be commenced within the later of the following periods: (a)  Within three years of the act alleged to have caused the injury or condition; (b)  Within three years of the time the victim discovered or reasonably should have discovered that the injury or condition was caused by said act; or (c)  Within three years of the time the victim discovered that the act caused the injury for which the claim is brought: PROVIDED, That the time limit for commencement of an action under this section is tolled for a child until the child reaches the age of eighteen years.”)

2. C.J.C. v. Corp. of the Catholic Bishop of Yakima, 985 P.2d 262 (Wash. 19999). (Statute of limitations encompassed causes of action sounding in negligence against parties who did not themselves directly perpetrate acts of childhood sexual abuse, but who allegedly failed to protect child victims, overruling Jamerson v. Vandiver, 85 Wash.App. 564, 934 P.2d 1199).

TOLLING

1. Majority, yes. 18.

a. Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 4.16.340 (1) (PROVIDED, That the time limit for commencement of an action under this section is tolled for a child until the child reaches the age of eighteen years.”)

2. Discovery, yes, liberal.

a. Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 4.16.340 (1) (b)-(c) (“ (b)Within three years of the time the victim discovered or reasonably should have discovered that the injury or condition was caused by said act; or (c)  Within three years of the time the victim discovered that the act caused the injury for which the claim is brought”)

b. Hollmann v. Corcoran, 89 Wn. App. 323, 949 P.2d 386, 1997 Wash. App. LEXIS 2127 (1997).The statute of limitations is tolled until the victim of childhood sexual abuse in fact discovers the causal connection between the defendant’s acts and the injuries for which the claim is brought.

c. C.J.C. v. Corp. of the Catholic Bishop of Yakima, 985 P.2d 262 (Wash. 19999)(“limitations applicable to intentional acts of sexual abuse by perp extends to negligence claims against non-perps based on their contribution to the harm. “)

 Victim’s 30th birthday for most crimes. Rev. Code Wash. § 9A.04.080 (1)(c)

Rev. Code Wash. (A.R.C.W.) § 9A.04.080 (1) (c) (“Violations of the following statutes, when committed against a victim under the age of eighteen, may be prosecuted up to the victim’s thirtieth birthday: RCW 9A.44.040 (rape in the first degree), 9A.44.050 (rape in the second degree), 9A.44.073 (rape of a child in the first degree), 9A.44.076 (rape of a child in the second degree), 9A.44.079 (rape of a child in the third degree), 9A.44.083 (child molestation in the first degree), 9A.44.086 (child molestation in the second degree), 9A.44.089 (child molestation in the third degree), 9A.44.100(1)(b) (indecent liberties), 9A.64.020 (incest), or 9.68A.040 (sexual exploitation of a minor)”).