{"id":3316,"date":"2026-08-06T17:16:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/glossary\/holographic-will\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T15:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:16:00","slug":"holographic-will","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/holographic-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Testament olographe en Tha\u00eflande : Article 1657"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>A <strong>testament olographe<\/strong> (\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e19\u0e31\u0e22\u0e01\u0e23\u0e23\u0e21\u0e40\u0e02\u0e35\u0e22\u0e19\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e17\u0e31\u0e49\u0e07\u0e09\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e1a, <em>Phinaikam khian eng thang chabap<\/em>, \u00e9galement appel\u00e9 <em>testament olographe<\/em>) est un testament que le testateur r\u00e9dige enti\u00e8rement de sa propre main, date et signe, en vertu de l'article 1657 du <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/thai-civil-and-commercial-code\/\">Code civil et commercial<\/a>. Il ne n\u00e9cessite ni t\u00e9moins, ni officier minist\u00e9riel, ni frais, ce qui en fait la plus simple des formes reconnues par la loi tha\u00eflandaise. C'est aussi la plus facile \u00e0 contester apr\u00e8s le d\u00e9c\u00e8s, car tout d\u00e9pend de l'\u00e9criture manuscrite, de la date et de la possibilit\u00e9 pour quiconque de retrouver le document. La loi tha\u00eflandaise l'accepte ; quiconque poss\u00e8de un appartement en copropri\u00e9t\u00e9, un compte bancaire ou une famille \u00e0 charge doit y r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir \u00e0 deux fois avant d'y recourir.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table des mati\u00e8res<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#what-section-1657-requires\">Ce que l'article 1657 exige<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#practical-points-for-a-foreigner\">Points pratiques pour un \u00e9tranger<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#where-holographic-wills-fail-in-practice\">O\u00f9 les testaments olographes \u00e9chouent dans la pratique<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#frequently-asked-questions\">Foire aux questions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-section-1657-requires\">Ce que l'article 1657 exige<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><strong>Trois \u00e9l\u00e9ments, tous dans une seule main.<\/strong> L'int\u00e9gralit\u00e9 du texte doit \u00eatre \u00e9crite par le testateur lui-m\u00eame, le document doit comporter une date et le testateur doit le signer. Un testament tap\u00e9 \u00e0 l'ordinateur et sign\u00e9 \u00e0 la main n'est pas olographe ; il ne peut valoir que comme testament ordinaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/will\/\">testament authentique<\/a> under Section 1656, which needs two witnesses present at the same time. A printed form with blanks filled in by hand fails for the same reason. No seal is needed, and none can replace the signature: Section 1657 excludes Section 9, so a thumbprint or mark does not count as signing a holographic will.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><strong>Corrections.<\/strong> Any erasure, addition or other alteration is valid only if the testator made it in their own hand and signed beside it (Section 1657 does not require the alteration to be dated). A change in someone else&#8217;s writing, or one the testator did not sign, has no effect, which can leave the original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/gift\/\">cadeau<\/a> debout. La langue est libre : un testament olographe en anglais est valable, bien qu'un tribunal tha\u00eflandais exige une traduction certifi\u00e9e \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/probate\/\">succession<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"practical-points-for-a-foreigner\">Points pratiques pour un \u00e9tranger<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Le testament olographe est la seule forme qui ne n\u00e9cessite ni bureau ni t\u00e9moins, ce qui le rend adapt\u00e9 \u00e0 une urgence : un lit d'h\u00f4pital, un voyage \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger, un changement d'avis la veille d'une op\u00e9ration. Encore faut-il qu'il soit retrouv\u00e9. Il n'existe pas de registre des testaments priv\u00e9s en Tha\u00eflande, l'original doit donc \u00eatre confi\u00e9 \u00e0 la personne d\u00e9sign\u00e9e comme administrateur ou \u00e0 une entreprise qui le conserve, et la famille doit savoir o\u00f9 il se trouve. Une photocopie ne suffit pas ; le tribunal exige l'original pour examiner l'\u00e9criture manuscrite.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Le R\u00e8glement minist\u00e9riel sur la r\u00e9daction des testaments de 2569 (de notre \u00e8re), en vigueur depuis le 24 mars 2026, ne touche pas \u00e0 cette forme. Il r\u00e9git les testaments faits dans un bureau de district, le <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/public-will\/\">volont\u00e9 publique<\/a> under Section 1658, sets the 250 baht fee and allows any amphur or khet office to be used. A holographic will still costs nothing and is made anywhere. The common mistake is mixing forms: a testator who handwrites the will and then asks the partner who will inherit to sign as a witness gains nothing from the witness and puts the gift to that partner at risk, because Section 1653 bars a witness to a will, and the witness&#8217;s spouse, from taking under it.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"where-holographic-wills-fail-in-practice\">O\u00f9 les testaments olographes \u00e9chouent dans la pratique<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Les litiges concernant un testament olographe sont des litiges relatifs aux preuves. S'agit-il vraiment de l'\u00e9criture du testateur ? Le tribunal peut ordonner une comparaison graphologique avec des lettres, des formulaires et des documents bancaires, et un \u00e9tranger qui a peu \u00e9crit \u00e0 la main lors de son s\u00e9jour en Tha\u00eflande laisse peu d'\u00e9chantillons. \u00c9tait-il dat\u00e9 ? Un document non dat\u00e9 n'est pas du tout un testament olographe valide. Y en avait-il un plus r\u00e9cent ? La forme \u00e9tant si simple, plusieurs versions font souvent surface, et la plus r\u00e9cente valide r\u00e9voque les pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes dans la mesure o\u00f9 elles entrent en conflit.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Compar\u00e9 \u00e0 un testament olographe, il troque deux t\u00e9moins vivants qui peuvent t\u00e9moigner de la capacit\u00e9 et de la signature contre une analyse graphologique apr\u00e8s le d\u00e9c\u00e8s du testateur. Compar\u00e9 \u00e0 un testament public, il troque un duplicata certifi\u00e9 dans un dossier gouvernemental contre une seule feuille de papier. Pour un petit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/estate\/\">domaine<\/a> ou pour une solution temporaire, il convient ; pour un bien, une entreprise ou une famille recompos\u00e9e, le guide sur <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/last-will-in-thailand\/\">r\u00e9diger un testament en Tha\u00eflande<\/a> explique pourquoi la forme authentique ou publique est plus s\u00fbre.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Last reviewed: 29 September 2026.<\/strong> Civil and Commercial Code sections 1653, 1656, 1657, 1658 and 1697 were read in Thai; the Ministerial Regulation on the Making of Wills B.E. 2569 points match the firm&#8217;s public-will page. Whether Section 1653 reaches a witness who was not needed for a holographic will was not checked against case law, so the page advises against it rather than stating the result.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"frequently-asked-questions\">Foire aux questions<\/h2>\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list\">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Un testament olographe est-il l\u00e9gal en Tha\u00eflande ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Oui. L'article 1657 du Code civil et commercial reconna\u00eet un testament \u00e9crit enti\u00e8rement de la main du testateur, dat\u00e9 et sign\u00e9, sans qu'aucun t\u00e9moin ne soit requis. Il doit \u00eatre enti\u00e8rement manuscrit ; un document dactylographi\u00e9 sign\u00e9 \u00e0 la main n'est pas un testament olographe.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-2\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Un testament olographe en Tha\u00eflande a-t-il besoin de t\u00e9moins ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>No. Witnesses are not required, and adding them changes nothing legally. Be careful, though: a witness and the witness&#8217;s spouse cannot receive anything under the will, so a beneficiary should never sign as a witness.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-3\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Un \u00e9tranger peut-il r\u00e9diger un testament olographe en anglais pour des biens situ\u00e9s en Tha\u00eflande ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Oui. Le testament peut \u00eatre r\u00e9dig\u00e9 dans n'importe quelle langue tant qu'il est enti\u00e8rement de la main du testateur, dat\u00e9 et sign\u00e9. L'administrateur de la succession aura besoin d'une traduction tha\u00eflandaise certifi\u00e9e lors de la demande aupr\u00e8s du tribunal, et le document original devra \u00eatre pr\u00e9sent\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Voir aussi\u00a0: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/will\/\">testament<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/testator\/\">testateur<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/public-will\/\">volont\u00e9 publique<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/secret-will\/\">testament olographe<\/a>, et les guides sur <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/last-will-in-thailand\/\">r\u00e9diger un testament en Tha\u00eflande<\/a> et le <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thai-will-template\/\">Mod\u00e8le de testament tha\u00eflandais<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A holographic will (\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e19\u0e31\u0e22\u0e01\u0e23\u0e23\u0e21\u0e40\u0e02\u0e35\u0e22\u0e19\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e17\u0e31\u0e49\u0e07\u0e09\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e1a, phinaikam khian eng thang chabap, also called a handwritten will) is a will that the testator [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":214,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"holographic will thailand","rank_math_title":"Holographic Will in Thailand: Section 1657 | ThaiLawOnline","rank_math_description":"Holographic will in Thailand: a will written wholly in the testator's own hand, dated and signed, with no witnesses. 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