# Missouri — Does paying old debt restart the statute of limitations, by state For Missouri, does payment or acknowledgment revive the clock is A signed writing restarts the clock; payment not addressed; how the statute states the rule is or deprive any party of the benefit thereof, unless such acknowledgment or promise be made or contained by or in some writing subscribed by the party chargeable thereby; section is 516.320, recorded from its source on 2026-09-01. - **State:** Missouri _(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:** or deprive any party of the benefit thereof, unless such acknowledgment or promise be made or contained by or in some writing subscribed by the party chargeable thereby _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Section:** 516.320 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_ ## What the source says > 516.320. Actions barred, only revived by written promise. — In actions founded on any contract, no acknowledgment or promise hereafter made shall be evidence of a new or continuing contract, whereby to take any case out of the operation of the provisions of sections 516.100 to 516.370 , or deprive any party of the benefit thereof, unless such acknowledgment or promise be made or contained by or in some writing subscribed 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 > 516.320. Actions barred, only revived by written promise. ## Source - https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=516.320 Last verified: 2026-09-01. Review by: 2027-09-01. Part of [Does paying old debt restart the statute of limitations, by state](https://referencesource.org/time-barred-debt-revival-rules-by-state/).