Civil Code Article 789
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, in consequence of a transfer of a part of a piece of land or of a partition of a piece of land, the land has no suitable access to the public road, and is not fit for ordinary use, the landowner in order to reach the public road, is only entitled to pass through the land owned by the transferee or the transferor or the other petitioners. The same rule shall be applied, if a piece of land has no suitable access to the public road and becoming unfit for ordinary use after the owner of many pieces of lands has transferred some of the lands or simultaneously transferred all lands to others.In the case of the preceding paragraph, the person entitled to passing through shall not liable to make compensation.
中文原文 民法第789條
因土地一部之讓與或分割，而與公路無適宜之聯絡，致不能為通常使用者，土地所有人因至公路，僅得通行受讓人或讓與人或他分割人之所有地。
數宗土地同屬於一人所有，讓與其一部或同時分別讓與數人，而與公路無適宜之聯絡，致不能為通常使用者，亦同。
前項情形，有通行權人，無須支付償金。
數宗土地同屬於一人所有，讓與其一部或同時分別讓與數人，而與公路無適宜之聯絡，致不能為通常使用者，亦同。
前項情形，有通行權人，無須支付償金。