No acknowledgment or promise shall be sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract whereby to take the case out of the operation of this chapter, unless the same be contained in some writing signed by the party to be charged thereby, except as provided in NRS 11.200.
NRS 11.390
Acknowledgment or new promise must be in writing; exception
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Union Oil Company of California v. Terrible Herbst, Inc., Union Oil Company of California, Dba/unocal, a California Corporation v. Terrible Herbst, Inc., a Nevada Corporation (2003)
Most recently applied in 141 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 13 - MMV INVS. LLC v. DRIBBLE DUNK, LLC (March 2025)
[1911 CPA § 43; RL § 4985; NCL § 8542]
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