Book 1 — General Principles

Section 41

Statutory text (Thai original)

ภูมิลำเนาย่อมเปลี่ยนไปด้วยการย้ายถิ่นที่อยู่ พร้อมด้วยเจตนาปรากฏชัดแจ้งว่าจะเปลี่ยนภูมิลำเนา

Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State

English translation

The domicile is changed by transferring the residences with manifest intention of changing.

This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.

Firm annotation

Section 41 is part of Book 1 (General Principles) 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.

Cited in 9 Supreme Court decisions (1953 to 2018)

Selected citing decisions

  • Decision 527/2561 (2018)
  • Decision 2983/2550 (2007)
  • Decision 5684/2538 (1995)
  • Decision 18882-18883/2557 (2014)
  • Decision 4655/2553 (2010)
  • Decision 10173/2558 (2015)
  • Decision 619/2514 (1971)
  • Decision 1317/2512 (1969)

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.

Counted across the firm's corpus of 83,772 Supreme Court decisions, 1921 to 2026. These figures are computed by us and are not official court statistics.

Cite this section

  • Plain citation Civil and Commercial Code, s. 41 (Thailand)
  • Academic citation Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 41. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-41/ (accessed 8 August 2026).
  • Thai citation ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 41
  • Permalink https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-41/
  • Embed on your site <blockquote cite="https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-41/"><p>The domicile is changed by transferring the residences with manifest intention of changing.</p><footer>Civil and Commercial Code, s. 41 (Thailand) — <a href="https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-41/">ThaiLawOnline</a></footer></blockquote>

The Thai text is authoritative. The English is an unofficial translation by ThaiLawOnline, free to reuse with attribution.

This is educational reference, not legal advice. Consult a qualified Thai lawyer before relying on any provision.

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