Wisconsin
For Wisconsin, 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 shall be sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract, whereby to take the cause out of the operation of this chapter, unless the same be contained in some writing signed by the party to be charged thereby; section is 893.45, recorded from its source on 2026-09-01.
- State
- Wisconsin 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 shall be sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract, whereby to take the cause out of the operation of this chapter, unless the same be contained in some writing signed by the party to be charged thereby. verified
- Section
- 893.45 verified
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What the source says
Acknowledgment or new promise. No acknowledgment or promise shall be sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract, whereby to take the cause out of the operation of this chapter, unless the same be contained in some writing signed by the party to be charged thereby.
— docs.legis.wisconsin.gov, retrieved 2026-09-01
Where each value comes from
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Does payment or acknowledgment revive the clock
893.48 Payment, effect of, not altered. Nothing contained in ss. <https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/893.44> 893.44 to <https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/893.47> 893.47 shall alter, take away or lessen the effect of a payment of any principal or interest made by any person
Section
893.45 Acknowledgment or new promise.
— all from docs.legis.wisconsin.gov, retrieved 2026-09-01
Source
- docs.legis.wisconsin.govhttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/893/iv/45