---
title: "Title VII charge and suit timing checklist"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/employment-and-workplace-relations/us-title-vii-charge-timing"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a14-us-title-vii-charge-timing"
area_id: "A14"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A14-T1-R3", "A14-P20260916-3"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Title VII charge and suit timing checklist

> A checklist of the charge-filing and suit periods in 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5. It is for Title VII. It does not state the periods under the ADEA or the ADA.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/employment-and-workplace-relations/us-title-vii-charge-timing  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Employment & Workplace Relations](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/employment-and-workplace-relations.md)
- Jurisdictions: United States
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for United States.

## When to use it

Use when a Title VII charge or a notice under section 2000e-5(f)(1) is on the desk and someone needs the statutory periods written down. The lawyer decides whether the charge was timely. This page does not decide it.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft the unfair-dismissal or equivalent tribunal application and response](https://ailawframework.com/practice/employment-and-workplace-relations/draft-the-unfair-dismissal-or-equivalent-tribunal-application-and-respon.md)
- [Build a dismissal chronology and urgent filing check](https://ailawframework.com/practice/employment-and-workplace-relations/build-a-dismissal-chronology-and-urgent-filing-check.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may enter the dates of the act, the charge, and the notice from the documents. The lawyer decides which period applies and whether any day is tolled.

**AI may:**

- Place the document dates into the table without calculating a conclusion
- Mark whether a state or local agency filing is in the file
- Flag a draft that treats the checklist as an ADEA or ADA calculation

**AI must not:**

- Must not declare the charge or the suit timely or untimely
- Must not apply these day counts to the ADEA or the ADA
- Must not send a position statement or a complaint from this checklist

**The lawyer checks:**

- The statute on the page is Title VII, section 2000e-5, and the dates come from the charge and the notice
- The 300-day path is used only if the aggrieved person initially instituted proceedings with a qualifying state or local agency
- The 90-day path is counted from the notice section 2000e-5(f)(1) describes, and only if that paragraph's conditions are met

## Authorities

- [42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e) and (f)(1) (180 and 300 days to charge; notice of the charge; 90 days after the statutory notice to sue)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/2000e-5)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/employment-and-workplace-relations/us-title-vii-charge-timing and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*