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

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Does payment or acknowledgment revive the clock:** A signed writing restarts the clock; the statute expressly preserves the effect of a payment _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** 893.45 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## 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.

## Where each value comes from

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

### 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.

## Source

- https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/893/iv/45

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