West Virginia

For West Virginia, does payment or acknowledgment revive the clock is A signed writing restarts the clock; payment not addressed; how the statute states the rule is If any person against whom the right shall have so accrued on an award, or on any such contract, shall by writing signed by him or his agent promise payment of money on such award or contract, the person to whom the right shall have so accrued may maintain an action or suit for the moneys so promised within such number of years after such promise as it might originally have been maintained within upon the award or contract; section is §55-2-8, recorded from its source on 2026-09-01.

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What the source says

If any person against whom the right shall have so accrued on an award, or on any such contract, shall by writing signed by him or his agent promise payment of money on such award or contract, the person to whom the right shall have so accrued may maintain an action or suit for the moneys so promised within such number of years after such promise as it might originally have been maintained within upon the award or contract

— code.wvlegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-09-01

Where each value comes from

The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.

— all from code.wvlegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-09-01

Source

• code.wvlegislature.govhttps://code.wvlegislature.gov/55-2-8/

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