Civil Code Article 8
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.
An absent person who has disappeared for more than seven years may be declared dead by the court upon the application of any interested person or the public prosecutor.If the absent person was over eighty years of age and has disappeared for more than three years, he may be declared dead.If the absent person was in a catastrophe, he may be declared dead when it has been over a year after the end of the catastrophe.
中文原文 民法第8條
失蹤人失蹤滿七年後，法院得因利害關係人或檢察官之聲請，為死亡之宣告。
失蹤人為八十歲以上者，得於失蹤滿三年後，為死亡之宣告。
失蹤人為遭遇特別災難者，得於特別災難終了滿一年後，為死亡之宣告。
失蹤人為八十歲以上者，得於失蹤滿三年後，為死亡之宣告。
失蹤人為遭遇特別災難者，得於特別災難終了滿一年後，為死亡之宣告。