Civil Code Article 945
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.
When, according to the nature of the facts from which the possession of a thing originates, the possessor has no intent of being its owner, he takes the possession with the intention of being its owner from the time when he expresses such intent to the person who has put it in his possession. The same rules shall apply when the possession becomes one with the intent of being its owner through a new fact.Where the person who has put it in his possession is not the owner, and the possessor already knows the exact owner of the thing possessed when he made the expression as specified in the preceding paragraph, the possessor shall also express his intent to the said owner.The preceding two paragraphs shall apply mutatis mutandis to where the possessor with the intent of being its owner changes his intent of possession to that other than the intent of being an owner, and the possessor with one intent of possession changes his intent to another intent of possession.
中文原文 民法第945條
占有依其所由發生之事實之性質，無所有之意思者，其占有人對於使其占有之人表示所有之意思時起，為以所有之意思而占有。
其因新事實變為以所有之意思占有者，亦同。
使其占有之人非所有人，而占有人於為前項表示時已知占有物之所有人者，其表示並應向該所有人為之。
前二項規定，於占有人以所有之意思占有變為以其他意思而占有，或以其他意思之占有變為以不同之其他意思而占有者，準用之。
其因新事實變為以所有之意思占有者，亦同。
使其占有之人非所有人，而占有人於為前項表示時已知占有物之所有人者，其表示並應向該所有人為之。
前二項規定，於占有人以所有之意思占有變為以其他意思而占有，或以其他意思之占有變為以不同之其他意思而占有者，準用之。