Section 458 — Transfer of ownership in sale
Statutory text (Thai original)
กรรมสิทธิ์ในทรัพย์สินที่ขายนั้น ย่อมโอนไปยังผู้ซื้อตั้งแต่ขณะเมื่อได้ทำสัญญาซื้อขายกัน
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
The ownership of the property sold is transferred to the buyer from the moment when the contract of sale is entered into.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 458 sets the default rule: title passes on contract formation. The major exception is §456 (immovables — title passes on registration). Other useful carve-outs: (1) parties may agree title transfers only on full payment (retention of title clause); (2) for unascertained or future goods, title transfers only when goods are identified to the contract.
Cited in 24 Supreme Court decisions (1949 to 2023)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 797/2558 (2015)
- Decision 1013/2550 (2007)
- Decision 2733/2546 (2003)
- Decision 8325/2543 (2000)
- Decision 6035/2537 (1994)
- Decision 5417/2537 (1994)
- Decision 4990/2533 (1990)
- Decision 2868/2528 (1985)
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 456 6
- Section 460 4
- Section 459 4
- Section 453 3
Sections that appear in the same judgments as this one most often. The figure is the number of decisions.
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Plain citation
Civil and Commercial Code, s. 458 (Thailand) -
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Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 458. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-458/ (accessed 8 August 2026). -
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ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 458 -
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