Civil Code Article 791
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, things or animals of another have by accident entered the land, the landowner shall allow the possessor or the owner of the things or animals to enter the land in order to find them and take them back.In the case specified in the preceding paragraph, the landowner is entitled to claim compensation for the injury, if any; and he is also entitled to retain the said things or animals until such compensation has been made.
中文原文 民法第791條
土地所有人，遇他人之物品或動物偶至其地內者，應許該物品或動物之占有人或所有人入其地內，尋查取回。
前項情形，土地所有人受有損害者，得請求賠償。
於未受賠償前，得留置其物品或動物。
前項情形，土地所有人受有損害者，得請求賠償。
於未受賠償前，得留置其物品或動物。