Table 1

State Competence Statutes: Time Allowed for Initial Restoration and Total Time Allowed for Restoration to Competence

Initial Time for RTC 1 Year or LessTotal Time For RTC
Fixed Limit (Time Allowed)*Maximum SentenceNo Limit if Civilly CommittableNo Statutory Limit
AlabamaAlaska (1 year)ColoradoAlabamaDelaware
AlaskaArizona (21 months)IowaArkansasHawaii (for felonies) (1)
ArizonaFlorida (5 years)New Mexico (serious offenses)CaliforniaMaine
ArkansasGeorgia (1 year)North DakotaConnecticutMississippi
FloridaIllinois (3 years)Ohio (serious offenses)IdahoMissouri (1)
GeorgiaLouisiana (5 years or max)South CarolinaIndianaMontana
HawaiiMaryland (3, 5, 10 years or max)TexasKansasNebraska (1)
IdahoMassachusetts (1/2 max)West VirginiaKentuckyNew Jersey (1)
IllinoisMichigan (15 months)TennesseeWisconsin (1)
IndianaMinnesota (1, 3 years)VermontWyoming (1)
KansasNevada (10 years or max)
KentuckyNew Hampshire (1 year)
LouisianaNew York (2/3 of sentence)
MassachusettsNorth Carolina (5, 10 years or max)
MissouriOklahoma (2 years or max)
NebraskaOregon (3 years or max)
New HampshirePennsylvania (10 years or max, except murder)
New JerseyRhode Island (2/3 max or 30 years)
New MexicoSouth Dakota (16 months or max)
New YorkUtah (1, 2.5, or 5.5 years)
OhioVirginia (45 days, 5 years or max)
South CarolinaWashington (1 year)
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
  • * max, maximum sentence.

  • (1) Limited period of initial RTC.