The answer to whether a statute of limitations applies to your arbitration claim depends on the following questions. Statutes of limitations start on the date they "accrue.An arbitration proceeding must be commenced within the general limitations period set forth in the Maryland Code. The Circuit Court, agreeing with the court below, held that the threemonth window in § 12 could be equitably tolled in the appropriate circumstances. Multiple courts have held that statutes of limitations simply do not apply in an arbitration proceeding without some contractual provision. A. Federal Arbitration Act. The six-year time limit constitutes an absolute limit within which such an action may be brought and accordingly, is a statute of repose. Massachusetts Statutes of Limitations for Civil Cases ; 300 Days. Contracting parties recognize that a lawsuit in court for breach of contract must generally be commenced before the statute of limitations had expired. 251 (Massachusetts Act), is this Commonwealth's version of the Uniform Arbitration Act.