Criminal actions shall expire:\n(a) In ten (10) years for severe second-degree felonies.\n(b) In five (5) years for second- to fourth-degree felonies, and for felonies as classified in the special law or in the repealed Penal Code.\n(c) In one (1) year for misdemeanors, except those arising from infractions against fiscal laws and all misdemeanors committed by public officers or employees in the performance of their duties, which shall expire in five (5) years.\n(d) Concealment and conspiracy crimes prescribe in ten (10) years when committed in relation to murder in all its modalities.\n(e) The provisions set forth in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall not apply to special laws in which crimes have a longer statute of limitations than the one proposed herein.\nHistory —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 99; Dec. 30, 2010, No. 221, § 1.
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