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

For Kansas, does payment or acknowledgment revive the clock is A payment or a signed writing restarts the clock; how the statute states the rule is In any case founded on contract, when any part of the principal or interest shall have been paid, or an acknowledgment of an existing liability, debt or claim, or any promise to pay the same, shall have been made, an action may be brought in such case within the period prescribed for the same, after such payment, acknowledgment or promise; but such acknowledgment or promise must be in writing, signed by the party to be charged thereby; section is 60-520, recorded from its source on 2026-09-01.

- **State:** Kansas _(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:** In any case founded on contract, when any part of the principal or interest shall have been paid, or an acknowledgment of an existing liability, debt or claim, or any promise to pay the same, shall have been made, an action may be brought in such case within the period prescribed for the same, after such payment, acknowledgment or promise; but such acknowledgment or promise must be in writing, signed by the party to be charged thereby. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** 60-520 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> In any case founded on contract, when any part of the principal or interest shall have been paid, or an acknowledgment of an existing liability, debt or claim, or any promise to pay the same, shall have been made, an action may be brought in such case within the period prescribed for the same, after such payment, acknowledgment or promise; but such acknowledgment or promise must be in writing, 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

> 60-520. Part payment or acknowledgment of liability.

## Source

- https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch60/060_005_0020.html

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