Usufruit

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Dernière mise à jour le 8 août 2026

Real right under Sections 1417-1428 of the Thai Civil and Commercial Code giving the usufructuary (ผู้ทรงสิทธิเก็บกิน) the right to use and enjoy the property of another, including collecting rents and natural fruits, for a term of years or for life, not exceeding thirty years if granted to a juristic person. The usufruct is registered on the land title at the Land Department and is a common structure for foreigners married to Thai nationals.

Full guide: usufruit en Thaïlande.

Related Terms

• Usufruitier (ผู้ทรงสิทธิเก็บกิน): the person holding the usufruct. Entitled to use the property and take its fruits, but must preserve its substance and return it at the end of the term.
• Usus: the Roman-law right to utiliser a thing without taking its fruits. In Thai law it is absorbed into usufruct and into the right of habitation (CCC Sections 1402 to 1409).
• Fructus: the right to collect the natural and civil fruits: crops, rents, interest, offspring of livestock, without diminishing the property. Usus plus fructus is what a usufruct grants.
• Abus: the right to consume, alter, destroy or transfer the thing. This is the one right a usufruct never transfers, which is why the owner remains the owner.
• Propriétaire nu: the owner whose title is burdened by the usufruct. Retains abusus but no current right of use. When the usufruct ends, full ownership consolidates automatically.