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Article 162Acquisitive Prescription of Ownership

第百六十二条(所有権の取得時効)

A person that possesses the property of another for 20 years peacefully and openly with the intention to own it acquires its ownership.

二十年間、所有の意思をもって、平穏に、かつ、公然と他人の物を占有した者は、その所有権を取得する。

A person that possesses the property of another for 10 years peacefully and openly with an intention to own it acquires its ownership, if the person was acting in good faith and was not negligent at the time when the possession started.

十年間、所有の意思をもって、平穏に、かつ、公然と他人の物を占有した者は、その占有の開始の時に、善意であり、かつ、過失がなかったときは、その所有権を取得する。

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