Article 1471: Sin Suan Tua, separate property
Statutory text (Thai original)
สินส่วนตัวได้แก่ทรัพย์สิน(๑) ที่ฝ่ายใดฝ่ายหนึ่งมีอยู่ก่อนสมรส(๒) ที่เป็นเครื่องใช้สอยส่วนตัว เครื่องแต่งกาย หรือเครื่องประดับกายตามควรแก่ฐานะ หรือเครื่องมือเครื่องใช้ที่จำเป็นในการประกอบอาชีพหรือวิชาชีพของคู่สมรสฝ่ายใดฝ่ายหนึ่ง(๓) ที่ฝ่ายใดฝ่ายหนึ่งได้มาระหว่างสมรสโดยการรับมรดกหรือโดยการให้โดยเสน่หา(๔) ที่เป็นของหมั้น
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English translation
Sin Suan Tua consists of: (1) property belonging to either spouse before marriage (2) property for personal use, dress or ornament suitable for station in life, or tools necessary for carrying on the profession of either spouse (3) property acquired by either spouse during marriage through a will or gift (4) Khongman.
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Firm annotation
Section 1471 defines what each spouse keeps individually. Four categories: (1) property owned before the marriage; (2) personal effects, clothing and ornaments suitable to one's station, and the tools needed for one's occupation or profession; (3) property acquired during the marriage by inheritance or by gift, which is separate property by default and becomes Sin Somros only if the will or the written gift says so, under s.1474(2); (4) the khong man, the engagement gift. A foreigner who marries with substantial pre-marriage wealth should keep records (bank statements, property deeds, valuation certificates from before the wedding date); without proof, the presumption at the end of s.1474 that contested assets are Sin Somros applies.
Why this matters in practice
For lawyers: document pre-marital asset ownership carefully (bank statements, title deeds dated before marriage) to distinguish Sin Suan Tua from Sin Somros in divorce proceedings. For clients: keep records of inheritances and gifts received during marriage; without documentation, a court will presume marital property under §1474.
Legislative history
Sin Suan Tua was introduced when Book 5 was revised in B.E. 2519, replacing the earlier concept of 'sin doem' (original property). The Marriage Equality Act (No. 24, B.E. 2567), in force 22 Jan 2025, made no substantive change to §1471 but the regime now applies equally to all spouses.
Décisions de la Cour suprême interprétant cette section
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Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 13964/2558 (2015)
Pre-marital land is separate property, but structures built on it during marriage with marital funds are marital property if the landowner consented.
Land held by one spouse before marriage was Sin Suan Tua under §§1471(1) and 1472; structures built on that land during marriage using marital funds were, however, marital property: where the landowner had consented to the construction, the other spouse acquired a share in those improvements.
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Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 4982/2541 (1998)
A gift received during marriage without a written designation as marital property is automatically separate property under §1471(3).
Land received as a gift during marriage, without any written declaration that it was to be marital property, is classified as Sin Suan Tua (separate property) under §1471(3); the donee spouse's creditors cannot levy on it as marital property.
Curated decisions with case numbers verified against the Supreme Court database. English renderings are the firm's editorial translation for study.
Cited in 41 Supreme Court decisions (1967 to 2025)
Décisions de citation sélectionnées
- Décision 1478/2565 (2022)
- Décision 186/2565 (2022) Un terrain donné par un époux à l'autre sans la mention ' Sin Somros ' devient la propriété exclusive du bénéficiaire.
- Decision 7640/2560 (2017)
- Decision 8803/2559 (2016)
- Decision 13964/2558 (2015)
- Decision 12346/2558 (2015)
- Decision 4961/2558 (2015)
- Decision 4403/2558 (2015)
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Le plus souvent cité aux côtés de
- Article 1474 17
- Article 1466 6
- Art. 225 du Code de procédure pénale thaïlandais 5
- Article 1473 5
- Article 1464 5
- Art. 142 du Code pénal thaïlandais 4
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