Section 1649
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผู้จัดการมรดกซึ่งผู้ตายตั้งไว้ย่อมมีอำนาจและหน้าที่ในอันที่จะจัดการทำศพของผู้ตาย เว้นแต่ผู้ตายจะได้ตั้งบุคคลอื่นไว้โดยเฉพาะให้จัดการดังว่านั้นถ้าผู้ตายมิได้ตั้งผู้จัดการมรดกหรือบุคคลใดไว้ให้เป็นผู้จัดการทำศพ หรือทายาทมิได้มอบหมายตั้งให้บุคคลใดเป็นผู้จัดการทำศพ บุคคลผู้ได้รับทรัพย์มรดกโดยพินัยกรรมหรือโดยสิทธิโดยธรรมเป็นจำนวนมากที่สุด เป็นผู้มีอำนาจและตกอยู่ในหน้าที่ต้องจัดการทำศพ เว้นแต่ศาลจะเห็นเป็นการสมควรตั้งบุคคลอื่นให้จัดการเช่นนั้น ในเมื่อบุคคลผู้มีส่วนได้เสียคนใดคนหนึ่งร้องขอขึ้น
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
The administrator of an estate appointed by the deceased shall have the power and duty to arrange for the funeral of the deceased unless another person has been specially appointed by the deceased for that purpose. If there is no administrator, or no person appointed by the deceased to arrange for the funeral, or no person entrusted by the heirs to arrange for the funeral, the person who has received the greatest amount of property by will or by statutory right shall have the power and duty to arrange for the funeral unless the Court on application of any interested person, thinks fit to appoint another person for that purpose.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 1649 is part of Book 6 (Succession) of the Thai Civil and Commercial Code. This entry is awaiting firm-authored commentary; the statutory text above is verbatim from the Office of the Council of State (OCS Krisdika) Thai source, with the English translation from the FAO/UN FAOLEX repository. Always rely on the Thai original for legal proceedings.
Why this matters in practice
For lawyers: the duty under §1649 paragraph one falls only on an administrator appointed by the testator in the will — not a court-appointed administrator. If the court appoints the administrator, §1649 paragraph two applies and the duty falls on the heir receiving the largest share. For clients: funeral costs are a charge on the estate and take priority over other estate debts. Disputes about who should arrange the funeral can be resolved by court order on any interested person's application.
Legislative history
Part of the original Civil and Commercial Code codification; no major subsequent amendment.
Supreme Court decisions interpreting this section
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Supreme Court Judgment No. 842/2558 (2015) ★ Landmark
Only an estate administrator appointed by the testator in the will has the §1649(1) duty to arrange the funeral; a court-appointed administrator does not, and cannot sue co-heirs for funeral costs on that basis.
The third plaintiff was a court-appointed estate administrator, not one appointed by the deceased in the will. The court held that §1649 paragraph one grants the duty to arrange the funeral only to an administrator appointed by the testator; a court-appointed administrator does not have this statutory duty and therefore has no right to sue co-heirs for contributions to funeral expenses.
Curated decisions with case numbers verified against the Supreme Court database. English renderings are the firm's editorial translation for study.
Cited in 26 Supreme Court decisions (1951 to 2023)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 5160/2566 (2023)
- Decision 692/2564 (2021)
- Decision 2157/2561 (2018)
- Decision 842/2558 (2015)
- Decision 3094/2557 (2014)
- Decision 1202/2549 (2006)
- Decision 2696/2548 (2005)
- Decision 7524/2538 (1995)
This list is selected automatically, weighted towards judgments that turn on this section rather than ones that merely recite it when passing sentence. It has not yet been reviewed by the firm.
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Civil and Commercial Code, s. 1649 (Thailand) -
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ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 1649 -
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