South Carolina
For South Carolina, does payment or acknowledgment revive the clock is A payment or a signed writing restarts the clock; section is SECTION 15-3-120, recorded from its source on 2026-09-01.
- State
- South Carolina our reading
- Does payment or acknowledgment revive the clock
- A payment or a signed writing restarts the clock our reading
- How the statute states the rule
- No acknowledgment or promise shall be sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract whereby to take the case out of the operation of this chapter unless it be contained in some writing signed by the party to be charged thereby. But payment of any part of principal or interest is equivalent to a promise in writing. verified
- Section
- SECTION 15-3-120 verified
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What the source says
SECTION 15-3-120. Effect of new promises in writing or part payments. No acknowledgment or promise shall be sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract whereby to take the case out of the operation of this chapter unless it be contained in some writing signed by the party to be charged thereby. But payment of any part of principal or interest is equivalent to a promise in writing.
— scstatehouse.gov, retrieved 2026-09-01
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Section
SECTION 15-3-120. Effect of new promises in writing or part payments.
— all from scstatehouse.gov, retrieved 2026-09-01
Source
- scstatehouse.govhttps://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t15c003.php