Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Florida

Re: Statute of limitations on cosign of a loan

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Once you sign, you are obligated for the life of the loan. The statute of limitations would be the life of the loan plus five years. The only way to get your name off the loan is for the lender to agree which they generally will not or for him to pay the loan off.

Scott R. Jay, Esq.