735 ILCS 5/13-201 : Rights and Remedies — Civil Procedure — Code of Civil Procedure — Limitations — Personal Actions —201 - Defamation-Privacy TEXT PDF Actions for slander, libel or for publication of matter violating the right of privacy, shall be commenced within one year next after the cause of action accrued. 735 ILCS 5/13-201 P.A. 82-280.