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

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.

- **State:** West Virginia _(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:** 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 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** §55-2-8 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## 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

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Section

> §55-2-8. Acknowledgment by new promise.

## Source

- https://code.wvlegislature.gov/55-2-8/

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