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Arizona

For Arizona, does payment or acknowledgment revive the clock is A signed writing restarts the clock; payment not addressed; how the statute states the rule is When an action is barred by limitation no acknowledgment of the justness of the claim made subsequent to the time it became due shall be admitted in evidence to take the action out of the operation of the law, unless the acknowledgment is in writing and signed by the party to be charged thereby; section is 12-508, recorded from its source on 2026-09-01.

State
Arizona our reading
Does payment or acknowledgment revive the clock
A signed writing restarts the clock; payment not addressed our reading
How the statute states the rule
When an action is barred by limitation no acknowledgment of the justness of the claim made subsequent to the time it became due shall be admitted in evidence to take the action out of the operation of the law, unless the acknowledgment is in writing and signed by the party to be charged thereby. verified
Section
12-508 verified
Sourceazleg.gov
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What the source says

12-508. Effect of acknowledgment upon barred action When an action is barred by limitation no acknowledgment of the justness of the claim made subsequent to the time it became due shall be admitted in evidence to take the action out of the operation of the law, unless the acknowledgment is in writing and signed by the party to be charged thereby.

azleg.gov, retrieved 2026-09-01

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Section

12-508. Effect of acknowledgment upon barred action

— all from azleg.gov, retrieved 2026-09-01

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