Civil Code Article 145
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.
Although a claim for which there is a mortgage, a lien, or a right of retention has been extinguished by a prescription, the creditor is still entitled to satisfy him out of the things mortgaged, liened, or retained.The provision of the preceding paragraph does not apply to a claim for interest or other successive payments of periodical prestations when the claim has been extinguished by prescription.
中文原文 民法第145條
以抵押權、質權或留置權擔保之請求權，雖經時效消滅，債權人仍得就其抵押物、質物或留置物取償。
前項規定，於利息及其他定期給付之各期給付請求權，經時效消滅者，不適用之。
前項規定，於利息及其他定期給付之各期給付請求權，經時效消滅者，不適用之。