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

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.

- **State:** Idaho _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Does payment or acknowledgment revive the clock:** A payment or a signed writing restarts the clock _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **How the statute states the rule:** 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. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** 5-238 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## 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.

## Where each value comes from

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

### Section

> 5-238. Acknowledgment or new promise

## Source

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

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