No acknowledgment or promise is evidence of a new or continuing contract, from which the statutes of limitations run, unless it is contained in some writing signed by the party to be charged thereby; but this section does not alter the effect of any payment of principal or interest.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-26
New promise must be in writing
C.C.P., s. 51; Code, s. 172; Rev., s. 371; C.S., s. 416.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.