Section 682: Suretyship, writing required
Statutory text (Thai original)
ท่านว่าบุคคลจะยอมเข้าเป็นผู้รับเรือน คือเป็นประกันของผู้ค้ำประกันอีกชั้นหนึ่ง ก็เป็นได้ถ้าบุคคลหลายคนยอมตนเข้าเป็นผู้ค้ำประกันในหนี้รายเดียวกันไซร้ ท่านว่าผู้ค้ำประกันเหล่านั้นมีความรับผิดอย่างลูกหนี้ร่วมกัน แม้ถึงว่าจะมิได้เข้ารับค้ำประกันรวมกัน
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
A person may bind himself as surety for a surety.
Where several persons bind themselves as sureties for the same obligation, they are liable as joint debtors, even if they did not become sureties together.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 682 is part of Book 3 (Specific Contracts) 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.
Why this matters in practice
Lawyers: Co-sureties are jointly and severally liable even where they did not guarantee together. Each co-surety is entitled to a contribution from the others if they pay more than their proportionate share. Laypeople: If you and a friend both sign as guarantors for the same loan, the creditor can demand full payment from either of you.
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. 2997/2562 (2019)
Co-sureties for the same debt are jointly liable in equal shares; if one cannot pay, the shortfall is distributed proportionately among the remaining co-sureties.
Where the plaintiff, defendant, and others co-guaranteed the same overdraft loan, they were jointly liable as co-debtors under Section 682(2). Each was liable for an equal share, and where a co-debtor was unable to pay their portion, the shortfall was borne proportionately by the remaining co-sureties.
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Supreme Court Judgment No. 2330/2538 (1995)
Persons who guarantee the same debt at different times under separate contracts are still jointly liable as co-sureties under Section 682(2).
Two defendants who separately guaranteed the same employment-related debt at different times and under separate contracts were still jointly liable as co-sureties under Section 682(2).
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 (1966 to 2025)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 2997/2562 (2019)
- Decision 319/2561 (2018)
- Decision 13337/2556 (2013)
- Decision 22201/2555 (2012)
- Decision 2111/2551 (2008)
- Decision 1876/2551 (2008)
- Decision 5035/2549 (2006)
- Decision 2551/2544 (2001)
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 229 10
- Section 296 10
- Section 293 6
- Section 340 6
- Section 291 4
- Section 693 4
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