Civil Code Article 187
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.
A person of no capacity or limited in capacity to make juridical acts, who has wrongfully damaged the rights of another, shall be jointly liable with his guardian for any injury arising therefrom if he is capable of discernment at the time of committing such an act. If he is incapable of discernment at the time of committing the act, his guardian alone shall be liable for such injury.In the case of the preceding paragraph, the guardian is not liable if there is no negligence in his duty of supervision, or if the injury would have been occasioned notwithstanding the exercise of reasonable supervision.If compensation cannot be obtained according to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the court may, on the application of the injured person, take the financial conditions among the tortfeasors, the guardian and the injured person into consideration, and order the tortfeasors or his guardian to compensate for a part or the whole of the injury.The provision of the preceding paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to cases where the injury has been caused to a third party by a person other than those specified in the first paragraph in a condition of unconsciousness or of mental disorder.
中文原文 民法第187條
無行為能力人或限制行為能力人，不法侵害他人之權利者，以行為時有識別能力為限，與其法定代理人連帶負損害賠償責任。
行為時無識別能力者，由其法定代理人負損害賠償責任。
前項情形，法定代理人如其監督並未疏懈，或縱加以相當之監督，而仍不免發生損害者，不負賠償責任。
如不能依前二項規定受損害賠償時，法院因被害人之聲請，得斟酌行為人及其法定代理人與被害人之經濟狀況，令行為人或其法定代理人為全部或一部之損害賠償。
前項規定，於其他之人，在無意識或精神錯亂中所為之行為致第三人受損害時，準用之。
行為時無識別能力者，由其法定代理人負損害賠償責任。
前項情形，法定代理人如其監督並未疏懈，或縱加以相當之監督，而仍不免發生損害者，不負賠償責任。
如不能依前二項規定受損害賠償時，法院因被害人之聲請，得斟酌行為人及其法定代理人與被害人之經濟狀況，令行為人或其法定代理人為全部或一部之損害賠償。
前項規定，於其他之人，在無意識或精神錯亂中所為之行為致第三人受損害時，準用之。