Article 714: Mortgage, registered writing required
Texte légal (original thaï)
อันสัญญาจำนองนั้น ท่านว่าต้องทำเป็นหนังสือและจดทะเบียนต่อพนักงานเจ้าหน้าที่
Texte intégral tiré de la Gazette royale / Bureau du Conseil d'État
traduction anglaise
A contract of mortgage must be made in writing and registered by the competent official.
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Annotation de l'entreprise
Section 714 imposes the same formal-act requirement as §456 for sales, and the same fatal consequence (void) if skipped. The mortgage deed must specify the maximum secured amount; the actual debt can be less, but it cannot exceed this ceiling. The Land Office uses a standard mortgage form (Tor Dor 15). Two recurring issues: (1) parties try to mortgage at a low "declared value" to save registration fees (1% of secured amount), but this caps the recovery in foreclosure; (2) successive mortgages on the same property are ranked by registration date, second-position mortgagees recover only after first-position.
Cited in 10 Supreme Court decisions (1962 to 2026)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 521/2569 (2026)
- Decision 6320/2552 (2009)
- Decision 728/2545 (2002)
- Decision 6315/2538 (1995)
- Decision 2286/2538 (1995)
- Decision 1183/2521 (1978)
- Decision 769/2506 (1963)
- Decision 1567/2534 (1991)
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Civil and Commercial Code, s. 714 (Thailand) -
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ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 714 -
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