Section 1728: When the administrator must begin the inventory
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผู้จัดการมรดกต้องลงมือจัดทำบัญชีทรัพย์มรดกภายในสิบห้าวัน (๑) นับแต่เจ้ามรดกตาย ถ้าในขณะนั้นผู้จัดการมรดกได้รู้ถึงการตั้งแต่งตามพินัยกรรมที่มอบหมายไว้แก่ตน หรือ (๒) นับแต่วันที่เริ่มหน้าที่ผู้จัดการมรดกตามมาตรา ๑๗๒๖ ในกรณีที่ศาลตั้งเป็นผู้จัดการมรดก หรือ (๓) นับแต่วันที่ผู้จัดการมรดกรับเป็นผู้จัดการมรดกในกรณีอื่น
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English translation
The administrator of an estate must begin making an inventory of the estate within fifteen days:
(1) from the death of the de cujus, if at that time the administrator knew of the appointment entrusted to him by the will; or
(2) from the day on which the administratorship begins under Section 1726, where the administrator is appointed by the court; or
(3) from the day on which the administrator accepts the administratorship, in any other case.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 1728 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. The English translation is ThaiLawOnline's own, written from the Thai original and verified against it. Always rely on the Thai original for legal proceedings.
Cited in 20 Supreme Court decisions (1976 to 2020)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 9317/2556 (2013)
- Decision 4692/2552 (2009)
- Decision 9217/2547 (2004)
- Decision 7448/2544 (2001)
- Decision 75/2544 (2001)
- Decision 802/2542 (1999)
- Decision 1107/2541 (1998)
- Decision 191/2541 (1998)
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.
Most often cited alongside
- Section 1729 12
- Section 1731 7
- Section 1713 5
- Section 1716 4
- Section 1727 3
- Section 1732 3
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