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

For Massachusetts, does payment or acknowledgment revive the clock is A signed writing restarts the clock; payment not addressed; how the statute states the rule is No acknowledgment or promise shall be evidence of a new or continuing contract whereby to take an action of contract out of the operation of this chapter or to deprive a party of the benefit thereof, unless such acknowledgment or promise has been made by, or is contained in, a writing signed by the party chargeable thereby; section is Chapter 260, Section 13, recorded from its source on 2026-09-01.

- **State:** Massachusetts _(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:** No acknowledgment or promise shall be evidence of a new or continuing contract whereby to take an action of contract out of the operation of this chapter or to deprive a party of the benefit thereof, unless such acknowledgment or promise has been made by, or is contained in, a writing signed by the party chargeable thereby. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** Chapter 260, Section 13 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> Section 13. No acknowledgment or promise shall be evidence of a new or continuing contract whereby to take an action of contract out of the operation of this chapter or to deprive a party of the benefit thereof, unless such acknowledgment or promise has been made by, or is contained in, a writing signed by the party chargeable 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

> General Law - Part III, Title V, Chapter 260, Section 13

## Source

- https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleV/Chapter260/Section13

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