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Florida

For Florida, does payment or acknowledgment revive the clock is A signed writing restarts the clock; payment not addressed; how the statute states the rule is An acknowledgment of, or promise to pay, a debt barred by a statute of limitations must be in writing and signed by the person sought to be charged; section is 95.04, recorded from its source on 2026-09-01.

State
Florida 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
An acknowledgment of, or promise to pay, a debt barred by a statute of limitations must be in writing and signed by the person sought to be charged. verified
Section
95.04 verified
Sourceflsenate.gov
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What the source says

95.04 Promise to pay barred debt. — An acknowledgment of, or promise to pay, a debt barred by a statute of limitations must be in writing and signed by the person sought to be charged.

flsenate.gov, retrieved 2026-09-01

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Section

95.04 Promise to pay barred debt.

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

Source

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