Civil Code Article 796-1
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.
If the landowner construct a building beyond the abuttal, and the owner of the adjacent property claim to remove or alter such building, the court may take the public interest and the interest of both parties into account and order the release of all or part of the removal or alternation, unless the landowner intentionally construct a building beyond the abuttal.Both the proviso of paragraph 1 of the preceding article and paragraph 2 of the preceding article apply mutatis mutandis to the situation provided in the preceding paragraph.
中文原文 民法第796-1條
土地所有人建築房屋逾越地界，鄰地所有人請求移去或變更時，法院得斟酌公共利益及當事人利益，免為全部或一部之移去或變更。
但土地所有人故意逾越地界者，不適用之。
前條第一項但書及第二項規定，於前項情形準用之。
但土地所有人故意逾越地界者，不適用之。
前條第一項但書及第二項規定，於前項情形準用之。