Civil Code Article 768-1
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, who has peacefully, publicly and continually possessed another’s personal property with the intent of being an owner for five years, and was in good faith and not of negligence at the beginning of his possession, acquires the ownership of such personal property.
中文原文 民法第768-1條
以所有之意思，五年間和平、公然、繼續占有他人之動產，而其占有之始為善意並無過失者，取得其所有權。