Section 770
Statutory text (Thai original)
อันว่านายคลังสินค้านั้น คือบุคคลผู้รับทำการเก็บรักษาสินค้าเพื่อบำเหน็จเป็นทางค้าปกติของตน
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
A warehouseman is a person who, in the usual course of his business, undertakes the storage and custody of goods for remuneration........ ---------------
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Firm annotation
Section 770 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, with the English translation from the FAO/UN FAOLEX repository. Always rely on the Thai original for legal proceedings.
Why this matters in practice
Lawyers: Enforcement of a pledge requires notice and public auction — the pledgee cannot simply appropriate the pledged property. Any surplus from the auction belongs to the pledgor. Laypeople: If you default on a pledge-secured loan, the lender must sell the pledged item at a public auction — not simply keep it. Any money above the debt must be returned to 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. 1381/2532 (1989)
A person who receives goods for temporary custody to facilitate customs clearance is a bailee, not a statutory warehousekeeper — their obligations are governed by the bailment provisions, not the warehouse sections.
The defendant accepted goods for storage so the owner could complete customs procedures — this was not a commercial warehousing arrangement for reward in the ordinary course of business. The defendant was therefore not a warehousekeeper under the Code, but rather a bailee, whose obligations regarding the goods differed from those of a statutory warehousekeeper.
Curated decisions with case numbers verified against the Supreme Court database. English renderings are the firm's editorial translation for study.
Cited in 5 Supreme Court decisions (1978 to 1989)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 1381/2532 (1989)
- Decision 1529-1530/2531 (1988)
- Decision 3926/2530 (1987)
- Decision 384/2529 (1986)
- Decision 695/2521 (1978)
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