Idaho

For Idaho, does payment or acknowledgment revive the clock is A payment or a signed writing restarts the clock; how the statute states the rule is No acknowledgment or promise is sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract by which to take the case out of the operation of this chapter, unless the same is contained in some writing, signed by the party to be charged thereby; but any payment of principal or interest is equivalent to a new promise in writing, duly signed, to pay the residue of the debt; section is 5-238, recorded from its source on 2026-09-01.

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What the source says

No acknowledgment or promise is sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract by which to take the case out of the operation of this chapter, unless the same is contained in some writing, signed by the party to be charged thereby; but any payment of principal or interest is equivalent to a new promise in writing, duly signed, to pay the residue of the debt.

— legislature.idaho.gov, retrieved 2026-09-01

Where each value comes from

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— all from legislature.idaho.gov, retrieved 2026-09-01

Source

• legislature.idaho.govhttps://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title5/T5CH2/SECT5-238/

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