# Arizona — Does paying old debt restart the statute of limitations, by state

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Does payment or acknowledgment revive the clock:** A signed writing restarts the clock; payment not addressed _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** 12-508 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## 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.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Section

> 12-508. Effect of acknowledgment upon barred action

## Source

- https://www.azleg.gov/ars/12/00508.htm

Last verified: 2026-09-01. Review by: 2027-09-01.
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