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If land suffers damage due to destruction or blockage of a culvert installed on neighboring land to discharge or draw water, the owner of that land may have the owners of such neighboring lands repair or remove the it.


Article 216
If a land suffers or is likely to suffer damage due to destruction or blockage of a structure installed on other land to store, discharge or draw water, the owner of that land may have the owner of that other land repair the structure or remove the impediments, or, if necessary, have the same carry out preventive construction work..


Article 717
(1) If a defect in the installation or preservation of a structure on land causes damage to another person, the possessor of that structure is liable to the person incurring damage to compensate for the damage;provided, however, that if the possessor has exercised the necessary care to prevent the damage, the owner must compensate for the damage.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if there is a defect in the planting or supporting of bamboo or trees.
(3) In the cases referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, if there is another person that is liable for the cause of the damage, the possessor or owner may exercise their right to reimbursement against that person.
Article 181
Possessory rights may be acquired through an agent..


Article 213
(1) If the partition of land creates a parcel of land that has no access to public roads, the owner of that parcel of land may pass to the public roads only through the lands owned by another person that participated in the partition.In this case, it is necessary to pay compensation.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if the owner of land transfers part of the land to another person..


Article 234
(1) In order to construct a building, the building must be distanced 50 centimeters or more away from the boundary line.
(2) If a person attempts to construct a building in violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the owner of the neighboring land may have the construction suspended or changed;provided, however, that if one year passes from the time when that construction started or if that building is completed, the owner may only claim compensation for loss or damage..


Article 223
A landowner may install boundary markers, sharing the expenses with the owner of the neighboring land.
Article 224
The expenses of installation and preservation of boundary markers are borne equally by neighbors;provided, however, that measuring expenses are borne in proportion to the area of each land.
Article 229
Boundary markers, fences, walls, channels and moats installed on boundary lines are presumed to be co-owned by the neighbors..


Article 175
No real right may be established other than those prescribed by laws including this Code.
Article 265
A superficiary has the right to use another person's land in order to own structures, or trees or bamboo, on that land.
Article 270
A farming right holder has the right to pay rent and engage in cultivation or livestock farming on another person's land.
Article 280
A servitude holder has the right to use another person's land for the convenience of their own lands in accordance with purposes prescribed in the act establishing the servitude;provided, however, that this right must not violate the provisions (limited to those that relate to public policy) under Section 1 of Chapter 3 (Extent of Ownership)..


Article 724 In the following cases, the claim for compensation for loss or damage caused by tort is extinguished by prescription:
(i) the right is not exercised within three years from the time when the victim or legal representative thereof comes to know the damage and the identity of the perpetrator; or
(ii) the right is not exercised within 20 years from the time of the tortious act.


Article 660
(1) If a third party claiming rights with respect to the bailed thing has filed a lawsuit against the bailee, or has effected an attachment, provisional seizure, or provisional disposition, the bailee must notify the bailor of that fact without delay;provided, however, that this does not apply if the bailor already knows it.
(2) Even if a third party claims a right for the bailed thing, the bailee must return the bailed thing to the bailor unless the bailor gives instructions to the contrary;provided, however, that this does not apply if the bailee notifies the bailor in advance as referred to in the preceding paragraph or is not required to notify pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to that paragraph, and the bailee delivers the bailed thing to a third party based on a final and binding judgment (including anything that has the same effect as a final and binding judgment) ordering the delivery of the bailed thing to that third party.
(3) If the bailee is required to return the bailed thing to the bailor pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the bailee is not liable to compensate any damage sustained by a third party due to the delivery of the bailed thing to the bailor..


Article 292
If dominant land is co-owned by more than one person, and expiry of prescription period is postponed or prescription period is renewed in favor of one co-owner, the postponement of expiry of prescription period or the renewal of prescription period is also effective for the benefit of other co-owners..


Article 221
(1) A landowner may use a structure installed by the owner of higher or lower land in order to cause water from the landowner's land to pass through that land.
(2) In the cases referred to in the preceding paragraph, the person using the other person's structure must bear the expenses of the installation and preservation of the structure in proportion to the benefit that person enjoys..


Article 429
Even if there is a novation or release between one of the obligees of an indivisible claim and the obligor, other obligees may request the obligor to perform the obligation in whole. In such a case, the benefit which should have been allocated to that one obligee if that obligee did not lose the relevant right must be reimbursed to the obligor..


Article 266
(1) The provisions of Articles 274 through 276 apply mutatis mutandis if the superficiary must pay periodical rent to the owners of the land.
(2) Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, provisions on leasehold apply mutatis mutandis to rent to the extent that application is not inconsistent with the nature of the same.
Article 276
If a farming right holder fails to pay the rent for two or more consecutive years, the landowner may demand the extinction of the farming right..


Article 206
An owner has the rights to freely use, profit from and dispose of the thing owned, within the limits of laws and regulations..


Article 218
A landowner may not install a roof or other structures that discharge rainwater directly onto neighboring land..


Article 675
(1) A creditor of a partnership may exercise the rights of the creditor against the partnership property.
(2) A creditor of a partnership may, at the choice of the creditor, exercise the rights of the creditor against each partner in proportion to their shares of loss or in equal proportions;provided, however, that if a creditor of a partnership knew the proportion of each partner's share of loss at the time of occurrence of the claim, the exercise of the creditor's rights is based on those proportions..


Article 443
(1) If one of the joint and several obligors performs the obligation or otherwise obtains a common discharge in exchange for that obligor's own property, while knowing the existence of other joint and several obligors but without giving notice of the common discharge to the other joint and several obligors, another joint and several obligor has a defense that can be duly asserted against the obligee, the other joint and several obligor may duly assert that defense against the joint and several obligor that obtained the discharge to the extent of the other obligor's share of the obligation. In such a case, if the other joint and several obligor duly asserts a set-off as defense against the joint and several obligor that obtained the discharge, the joint and several obligor may request the obligee to perform the obligation which should have been extinguished due to set-off.
(2) If one of the joint and several obligors that has performed the obligation or otherwise obtained a common discharge in exchange for that obligor's own property, while knowing the existence of other joint and several obligors, fails to give notice of the acquisition of the discharge to the other joint and several obligors, and as a result, another joint and several obligor performs the obligation or performs another act in good faith to obtain discharge in exchange for that obligor's own property, the other joint and several obligor may deem that the act performed to obtain the discharge is valid..


Article 280
A servitude holder has the right to use another person's land for the convenience of their own lands in accordance with purposes prescribed in the act establishing the servitude;provided, however, that this right must not violate the provisions (limited to those that relate to public policy) under Section 1 of Chapter 3 (Extent of Ownership)..


Article 371
If there is a default with respect to a claim secured by a mortgage, the mortgage extends to the fruits of the mortgaged immovables derived after the default..


Article 641
The party ordering work may cancel the contract at any time whilst the contractor has not completed the work by paying compensation for loss or damage..


Article 282
(1) One of the co-owners of land may not terminate, with respect to that owner's own interest, a servitude that exists on behalf of or in relation to the land.
(2) If the land is partitioned or a portion thereof is transferred to another person, the servitude exists on behalf of or in relation to the respective portions of the same;provided, however, that this does not apply if the servitude, by its nature, relates only to a portion of the land..


Article 129
While it is uncertain whether or not a condition will be fulfilled, the rights and obligations of the party concerned may be disposed of, inherited or preserved, or a security may be provided therefor, in accordance with the general provisions..


Article 715
(1) A person that employs another person for a business undertaking is liable to compensate for damage inflicted on a third party by that person's employees with respect to the execution of that business;provided, however, that this does not apply if the employer exercised reasonable care in appointing the employee or in supervising the business, or if the damage could not have been avoided even if the employer had exercised reasonable care.
(2) A person that supervises a business on behalf of the employer also has the liability referred to in the preceding paragraph.
(3) The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not preclude the employer or supervisor from exercising their right to reimbursement against the employee..


Article 281
(1) Servitudes are transferred together with the ownership in the dominant land (meaning the land of a servitude holder, enjoying benefits from another person's land; the same applies hereinafter) as appurtenances thereof, and are subject of other rights that exist in relation to the dominant land;provided, however, that this does not apply if the act establishing the servitude provides otherwise.
(2) Servitudes may neither be transferred nor made the subject of other rights apart from the dominant land..


Article 378
If a third party that purchases the ownership or superficies of a mortgaged immovables pays the price of the same to a mortgagee at the request of the same mortgagee, that mortgage is terminated for the benefit of that third party..


Article 254
A claim that one of the co-owners holds against other co-owners with respect to the property in co-ownership may be exercised against their specific successors..
