Civil Code Article 770
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 unrecorded real property with the intent of being an owner for ten years, and was acting in good faith and not negligently at the beginning of his possession, is entitled to claim to be recorded as the owner of the said real property.
中文原文 民法第770條
以所有之意思，十年間和平、公然、繼續占有他人未登記之不動產，而其占有之始為善意並無過失者，得請求登記為所有人。