Section 13. No acknowledgment or promise shall be evidence of a new or continuing contract whereby to take an action of contract out of the operation of this chapter or to deprive a party of the benefit thereof, unless such acknowledgment or promise has been made by, or is contained in, a writing signed by the party chargeable thereby.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title V - Statutes of Frauds and Limitations
Chapter 260 - Limitation of Actions
Section 1 - Actions Requiring Commencement Within Twenty Years
Section 2 - Contract Actions; Actions Upon Judgments or Decrees of Courts of Record
Section 2a - Tort, Contract to Recover for Personal Injuries, and Replevin Actions
Section 2b - Tort Actions Arising From Improvements to Real Property
Section 2c - Actions for Damages, Etc. for Physical Alteration or Destruction of Fine Art
Section 2d - Actions to Recover Costs of Asbestos Related Corrective Actions
Section 2e - Actions Against the Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust
Section 3 - Misconduct or Negligence of Deputies; Actions Against Sheriffs
Section 3a - Claims Against Commonwealth
Section 4 - Certain Tort or Contract Actions for Malpractice, Error or Mistake
Section 4a - Back Wages, Actions to Recover
Section 4b - Hit and Run Accidents
Section 4c - Sexual Abuse of Minors
Section 5 - Penalties and Forfeitures
Section 5a - Consumer Protection Actions
Section 5b - Civil Rights Actions
Section 6 - Mutual and Open Account Current
Section 7 - Minors and Incapacitated Persons
Section 8 - Citizens of Enemy Country; Suspension of Limitation
Section 9 - Nonresident Defendant; Suspension of Limitation
Section 10 - Death of Party; Effect
Section 11 - Contracts or Acts of Fiduciaries
Section 12 - Fraudulent Concealment; Commencement of Limitations
Section 13 - Acknowledgment or New Promise; Effect
Section 14 - Part Payment; Effect
Section 15 - Acknowledgment or New Promise by Joint Contractor; Effect
Section 16 - Acknowledgment or New Promise by Joint Contractor; Judgment
Section 17 - Action Not to Be Dismissed for Failure to Join Barred Party Defendant
Section 18 - Actions by State; Laws Applicable
Section 19 - Special Limitations
Section 19a - Currency; Euro as Commercially Reasonable Substitute and Substantial Equivalent
Section 20 - Presumption of Satisfaction of Judgment
Section 22 - Accrual of Right or Title to Land; Limitation
Section 28 - Possession of Land; Requisites
Section 29 - Estates Tail; Barring Remainders and Reversions
Section 30 - Estates Tail; Death of Tenant; Effect
Section 31 - Actions by Commonwealth
Section 31a - Right of Entry for Condition Broken or Possibility of Reverter; Procedure
Section 32 - Dismissal of Action or Reversal or Vacation of Judgment; Commencement of New Action
Section 33 - Obsolete Mortgages
Section 34 - Extension of Mortgage; Acknowledgment That Mortgage Not Satisfied, Etc.