Civil Code Article 824
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.
The partition of the thing held in indivision can be made in accordance with the method agreed by all the co-owners.If the method of partition cannot be agreed upon, or the co-owner refuses to fulfill the deed of partition because of the completion of the prescription after making an agreement, the court may, on the application of any of the co-owners, order such partition to be made according to either of the following:(1) The distribution of the thing held in indivision itself to every co-owner. If it is difficult to distribute the thing held in indivision itself to every co-owne, the thing held in indivision itself can be distributed to some of the co-owners.(2) The sale of the thing held in indivision and the distribution of the net proceeds to the co-owners, if there is an obvious difficulty in distributing the thing held in indivision itself. The distribution of some parts of the thing held in indivision to every co-owner, together with the sale of other parts of the thing held in indivision and its distribution of net proceeds to every co-owner.In the case of the distribution of the thing held in indivision itself, if some of the co-owners can not receive a distribution or cannot receive a distribution in proportion to their own shares, they may be compensated in money.In the case of the distribution of the thing held in indivision itself, the thing held in indivision can be partially maintained in indivision in consideration of the interests of the co-owners or other necessary circumstances.If the same group of co-owners owns several real properties, unless otherwise provided by the statute, the co-owner is entitled to claim to merge and then partition.If the co-owners of several adjacent real properties are partially the same, the co-owner who owns a share to each real property is entitled to claim to merge and then partition with the consent of other co-owners whose holding of ownership are more than half of the total share of each real property according to the preceding paragraph. However, if the court considers that to merge and then partition is improper, it may still be partitioned respectively.In the case of the sale of the thing held in indivision, under the same terms and conditions, the co-owners have the right of first purchasing to buy the thing held in indivision, unless the buyer is another co-owner. If two co-owners are willing to exercise the right of first purchasing, the buyer shall be decided by drawing lots.
中文原文 民法第824條
共有物之分割，依共有人協議之方法行之。
分割之方法不能協議決定，或於協議決定後因消滅時效完成經共有人拒絕履行者，法院得因任何共有人之請求，命為下列之分配：
一、以原物分配於各共有人。
但各共有人均受原物之分配顯有困難者，得將原物分配於部分共有人。
二、原物分配顯有困難時，得變賣共有物，以價金分配於各共有人；或以原物之一部分分配於各共有人，他部分變賣，以價金分配於各共有人。
以原物為分配時，如共有人中有未受分配，或不能按其應有部分受分配者，得以金錢補償之。
以原物為分配時，因共有人之利益或其他必要情形，得就共有物之一部分仍維持共有。
共有人相同之數不動產，除法令另有規定外，共有人得請求合併分割。
共有人部分相同之相鄰數不動產，各該不動產均具應有部分之共有人，經各不動產應有部分過半數共有人之同意，得適用前項規定，請求合併分割。
但法院認合併分割為不適當者，仍分別分割之。
變賣共有物時，除買受人為共有人外，共有人有依相同條件優先承買之權，有二人以上願優先承買者，以抽籤定之。
分割之方法不能協議決定，或於協議決定後因消滅時效完成經共有人拒絕履行者，法院得因任何共有人之請求，命為下列之分配：
一、以原物分配於各共有人。
但各共有人均受原物之分配顯有困難者，得將原物分配於部分共有人。
二、原物分配顯有困難時，得變賣共有物，以價金分配於各共有人；或以原物之一部分分配於各共有人，他部分變賣，以價金分配於各共有人。
以原物為分配時，如共有人中有未受分配，或不能按其應有部分受分配者，得以金錢補償之。
以原物為分配時，因共有人之利益或其他必要情形，得就共有物之一部分仍維持共有。
共有人相同之數不動產，除法令另有規定外，共有人得請求合併分割。
共有人部分相同之相鄰數不動產，各該不動產均具應有部分之共有人，經各不動產應有部分過半數共有人之同意，得適用前項規定，請求合併分割。
但法院認合併分割為不適當者，仍分別分割之。
變賣共有物時，除買受人為共有人外，共有人有依相同條件優先承買之權，有二人以上願優先承買者，以抽籤定之。