Civil Code Article 137
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 a prescription has been interrupted, it recommences from the time when termination of the cause of the interruption.If a prescription has been interrupted by bringing an action, it recommences from the moment when the action is decided by a final judgment on the merits or otherwise terminated.If the claim is ascertained by a final judgment on the merits or a ground of execution having the same effect as a final judgment on the merits, and if the original prescription was less than five years, the prescription recommenced after interruption shall be five years.
中文原文 民法第137條
時效中斷者，自中斷之事由終止時，重行起算。
因起訴而中斷之時效，自受確定判決，或因其他方法訴訟終結時，重行起算。
經確定判決或其他與確定判決有同一效力之執行名義所確定之請求權，其原有消滅時效期間不滿五年者，因中斷而重行起算之時效期間為五年。
因起訴而中斷之時效，自受確定判決，或因其他方法訴訟終結時，重行起算。
經確定判決或其他與確定判決有同一效力之執行名義所確定之請求權，其原有消滅時效期間不滿五年者，因中斷而重行起算之時效期間為五年。