Borrowing a sister state’s statute of limitations is the province of "choice of law", which is a rather esoteric law school subject.  For our purposes, which state’s law should be applied depends on where the action is brought, where the wrong took place, where the parties were subject to service of process and jurisdiction.

Here is a case in which plaintiffs wished to sue a NY attorney yet use the Tennesee statute of limitations.  The reason?  It was too late to use the NY statute of limitations.  The case, GML Inc. v, Cinque & Cinque was recently decided by the Court of Appeals.

"The action was started in New York, and as such, it was unnecessary to toll the statute of limitations…"