Section 1469 — Prenuptial agreement — formal requirements
Statutory text (Thai original)
สัญญาก่อนสมรสนั้นต้องทำเป็นหนังสือลงลายมือชื่อคู่สมรสและพยานอย่างน้อยสองคนแนบไว้ท้ายทะเบียนสมรส และต้องจดแจ้งไว้ในทะเบียนสมรสพร้อมกับการจดทะเบียนสมรสว่าได้มีสัญญานั้นแนบไว้
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
An ante-nuptial agreement must be made in writing, signed by the parties and at least two witnesses, attached to the register of marriage, and noted in the register at the time of the marriage registration that such agreement is attached.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified — always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 1469 is unforgiving: of the four formal requirements, missing any one makes the agreement void. Two pitfalls dominate practice: (a) the agreement must be signed and attached at the same moment the marriage is registered — couples who later realise they wanted a prenup cannot retroactively add one (a post-nuptial property agreement under §1465 is a different instrument and cannot achieve the same regime); (b) two witnesses must sign in the register's presence. Same-sex spouses can now enter a §1469 prenup following the 2024 Marriage Equality Act.
Supreme Court decisions interpreting this section
- 186/2565 (2022) ★ Land Given by One Spouse to the Other Without 'Sin Somros' Designation Becomes the Recipient's Separate Property
- 3122/2564 (2021) ★ Commercial Leasehold Acquired by a Spouse During Marriage is Presumed Sin Somros Under Section 1474(2)
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