North Carolina
For North Carolina, does payment or acknowledgment revive the clock is A signed writing restarts the clock; the statute expressly preserves the effect of a payment; how the statute states the rule is No acknowledgment or promise is evidence of a new or continuing contract, from which the statutes of limitations run, unless it is contained in some writing signed by the party to be charged thereby; but this section does not alter the effect of any payment of principal or interest; section is § 1-26, recorded from its source on 2026-09-01.
- State
- North Carolina our reading
- Does payment or acknowledgment revive the clock
- A signed writing restarts the clock; the statute expressly preserves the effect of a payment our reading
- How the statute states the rule
- No acknowledgment or promise is evidence of a new or continuing contract, from which the statutes of limitations run, unless it is contained in some writing signed by the party to be charged thereby; but this section does not alter the effect of any payment of principal or interest. verified
- Section
- § 1-26 verified
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What the source says
New promise must be in writing. No acknowledgment or promise is evidence of a new or continuing contract, from which the statutes of limitations run, unless it is contained in some writing signed by the party to be charged thereby; but this section does not alter the effect of any payment of principal or interest.
— ncleg.gov, retrieved 2026-09-01
Where each value comes from
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Section
§ 1-26. New promise must be in writing.
— all from ncleg.gov, retrieved 2026-09-01
Source
- ncleg.govhttps://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_1/GS_1-26.html