Civil Code Article 585
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 principal refuses to accept the goods bought by the commission agent under orders of the principal, the commission agent may fix a reasonable deadline and notify the principal to accept within such deadline. If the principal fails to accept the goods within such deadline, the commission agent may sell them by auction and appropriate the proceeds of the sale up to the amount due to him by the principal by reason of the contract of commission. The balance, if any, may be lodged.Goods that are easy to corrupt may be sold without notice.
中文原文 民法第585條
委託人拒絕受領行紀人依其指示所買之物時，行紀人得定相當期限，催告委託人受領，逾期不受領者，行紀人得拍賣其物，並得就其對於委託人因委託關係所生債權之數額，於拍賣價金中取償之，如有賸餘，並得提存。
如為易於敗壞之物，行紀人得不為前項之催告。
如為易於敗壞之物，行紀人得不為前項之催告。