firend is trying to sue me after 16years

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Statute of Limitations apply to open ended contracts, such as credit cards and store credit accounts and contracts for sale under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). Oral agreements, promissory notes, written contacts, loans, mortgages and car payments as well as foreign and domestic judgments are also covered under most state's statute of limitations.

Attached is a link to the Ohio Revised Code Section 2305 that deals with Limitations of Actions. Good luck.

For every legal that a person has, there is only a limited amount of time to file a claim in court before your legal rights run out. It's called the statute of limitations. How long you have here depends on why they owe money and possibly how much it is. For a written contract it can be 4 years and in some cases 10 years. For a personal loan where there is no paper proving it, it depends on whether there was an agreement to pay it back or if it was a gift. Your best bet is to talk to a local attorney who knows creditor's rights law. Call the Dayton Ohio Bar Association and ask for a referral or check their web site referral page here: http://www.daybar.org/html/lrs/lrs.htm. Note: if this answer was helpful, check the box below.