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(The numbers on this chart indicate years.)
|
State
|
Oral
Agreements
|
Written
Contracts
|
Promissory
Notes
|
Judgments |
|
Alabama
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
20
|
|
Alaska
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
10
|
|
Arizona
|
3
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
|
Arkansas
|
3
|
5
|
6
|
10
|
|
California
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
10
|
|
Colorado
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
20
|
|
Connecticut
|
3
|
6
|
6
|
20
|
|
Delaware
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
No Limit
|
|
D.C.
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
|
Florida
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
20
|
|
Georgia
|
4
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
|
Hawaii
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
10
|
|
Idaho
|
4
|
5
|
10
|
6
|
|
Illinois
|
5
|
10
|
6
|
20
|
|
Indiana
|
6
|
10
|
10
|
20
|
|
Iowa
|
5
|
10
|
5
|
20
|
|
Kansas
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
|
Kentucky
|
5
|
15
|
15
|
15
|
|
Louisiana
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
|
Maine
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
20
|
|
Maryland
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
12
|
|
Massachusetts
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
20
|
|
Michigan
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
10
|
|
Minnesota
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
10
|
|
Mississippi
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
7
|
|
Missouri
|
5
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
|
Montana
|
5
|
8
|
8
|
10
|
|
Nebraska
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
5
|
|
Nevada
|
4
|
6
|
3
|
6
|
|
New Hampshire
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
20
|
|
New Jersey
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
20
|
|
New Mexico
|
4
|
6
|
6
|
14
|
|
New York
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
20
|
|
North Carolina
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
10
|
|
North Dakota
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
10
|
|
Ohio
|
6
|
15
|
15
|
21
|
|
Oklahoma
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
|
Oregon
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
10
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
|
Rhode Island
|
15
|
15
|
10
|
20
|
|
South Carolina
|
10
|
10
|
3
|
10
|
|
South Dakota
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
20
|
|
Tennessee
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
10
|
|
Texas
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
10
|
|
Utah
|
4
|
6
|
6
|
8
|
|
Vermont
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
8
|
|
Virginia
|
3
|
5
|
6
|
20
|
|
Washington
|
3
|
6
|
6
|
10
|
|
West Virginia
|
5
|
10
|
6
|
10
|
|
Wisconsin
|
6
|
6
|
10
|
20
|
|
Wyoming
|
8
|
10
|
10
|
5
|
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