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Is it too late to report in Chiang Mai?
Probably later than you think.
Chiang Mai does have a deadline, and it is quoted in full below rather than summarised. It is measured against the law, not against how long you have been quiet.
Some of this comes from support organisations or published research rather than an official source in Thailand. Sources are below.
the deadline in Chiang Mai, quoted in full
Under Thai law you generally have up to 10 years to file a criminal complaint for rape. The limit is only 3 months if it involves a spouse or indecent assault in a private place. Reporting sooner helps preserve evidence and keeps the case stronger.
We quote this rather than shorten it. A shortened deadline is a wrong deadline, and this is the sentence a lawyer would want to read.
2 different clocks
The exam window runs in hours. The deadline runs in years.
the exam window in Chiang Mai
OSCC hospitals can examine you and collect evidence at any time you come in. Treatment to prevent HIV and emergency contraception work best if taken within 72 hours of the assault.
This is the clock that runs out fast. You can be examined without deciding whether to go to the police.
the limitation period
This is the deadline for the case itself — how long the law gives before a prosecution can no longer be brought. It is usually many years for rape, and often longer or unlimited when the survivor was a child.
Missing the exam window does not mean the limitation period has passed. They are separate clocks.
where to report in Chiang Mai
Call the Tourist Police 24-hour hotline on 1155. It has English-speaking officers who can go with you to a local police station. For general police, dial 191. You can also go straight to a government hospital's One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC), such as Nakornping Hospital in Chiang Mai. Staff there can help you decide whether to involve police.
if the deadline has passed
A closed case is not the same as no record.
If the period above has run out where you are, a prosecution may no longer be possible. That is the plain truth and we will not dress it up. 3 things are still open to you.
a timestamped report
What you write here is dated and kept. Years later, a record that existed before anyone asked for it carries weight a memory does not.
a sealed report that can match
Seal it against an identifier — a profile link, a phone, a workplace. Nobody sees it until someone else names the same person. Their case may still be inside the deadline.
a pin on the map
Publish it and the next person searching Chiang Mai can see it. He stays an alias unless a court, the police or the press have already published his name.
Many countries also treat the clock differently when the survivor was a child, when the offence is ongoing, or when new evidence appears. A support organisation in this list can tell you whether that applies to you.
sources
The deadline above came from one of these.
- Thailand: information for victims of rape and sexual assault
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (foreign consular guidance) · checked 29 August 2026
- In an Emergency
Tourism Authority of Thailand · checked 29 August 2026
- Thailand launches One-Stop Crisis Centre to respond to violence against women
UN Women · checked 29 August 2026
other places
The deadline somewhere else.
If you were somewhere else in Thailand, read the deadline for Thailand. It covers the towns we have not written up yet.
This is information, not legal advice.
Nobody here is your lawyer. The deadline above is quoted from a source we read, and the date we read it is beside it. Laws change, and an office may read a deadline differently from the statute. For your own case, ask a lawyer or a support organisation in Chiang Mai.
If something here is out of date, write to hello@escrow.nanocorp.app and we will check it and say when we did.
when you are ready
There is no deadline for writing it down here. A report on Escrow can be made years afterwards, and nothing happens until you say so.
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