Civil Code Article 126
This English translation was last updated on 2021-01-20, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-08-17. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
If the claim is for the payment of interest, dividends, rentals, maintenance, pensions, and other periodical prestations falling due at sated intervals of one year or less, each successive payment of the claim is extinguished by prescription if it is not exercised within five years.
中文原文 民法第126條
利息、紅利、租金、贍養費、退職金及其他一年或不及一年之定期給付債權，其各期給付請求權，因五年間不行使而消滅。