Section 287: Who counts as an interested person
Statutory text (Thai original)
บุคคลผู้มีส่วนได้เสียในการบังคับคดี ได้แก่
(๑) เจ้าหนี้ตามคำพิพากษา ลูกหนี้ตามคำพิพากษา และในกรณีที่มีการอายัดสิทธิเรียกร้อง ให้รวมถึงลูกหนี้แห่งสิทธิเรียกร้อง ผู้ทรงสิทธิเรียกร้อง หรือผู้รับโอนสิทธิเรียกร้องนั้นด้วย
(๒) บุคคลผู้มีทรัพยสิทธิหรือได้จดทะเบียนสิทธิของตนเกี่ยวกับทรัพย์สินที่ถูกบังคับคดี
(๓) บุคคลซึ่งได้ยื่นคำร้องขอตามมาตรา ๓๒๓ มาตรา ๓๒๔ มาตรา ๓๒๖ และมาตรา ๓๒๙ เกี่ยวกับทรัพย์สินหรือสิทธิเรียกร้องที่ถูกบังคับคดี
(๔) บุคคลผู้เป็นเจ้าของรวมหรือบุคคลผู้มีบุริมสิทธิ สิทธิยึดหน่วง หรือสิทธิอื่นตามมาตรา ๓๒๒ เกี่ยวกับทรัพย์สินหรือสิทธิเรียกร้องที่ถูกบังคับคดี
(๕) บุคคลอื่นใดซึ่งต้องเสียหายเพราะเหตุแห่งการดำเนินการบังคับคดีนั้น
English translation
The persons having an interest in the execution are:
(1) the judgment creditor, the judgment debtor, and, where a claim has been attached, also the debtor of the claim, the holder of the claim, or the transferee of that claim;
(2) a person who has a real right, or who has registered a right of his own, concerning the property under execution;
(3) a person who has filed a petition under Section 323, Section 324, Section 326, or Section 329 concerning the property or claim under execution;
(4) a person who is a co-owner, or a person having a preferential right, a right of retention, or another right under Section 322, concerning the property or claim under execution;
(5) any other person who must suffer damage by reason of the conduct of that execution.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 287 opens Part 7 by defining the class of interested persons in an execution, a definition that governs who may exercise the participation and objection rights granted elsewhere, notably in Section 288. Its five categories run from the immediate parties, through those with proprietary, registered, or security interests in the property or claim, to a residual catch-all for anyone who will suffer damage. This is a status-defining provision rather than an operative remedy. It stems from the 2017 restructuring of the execution provisions; older decisions numbered 287 concerned the protection of a mortgagee's or pledgee's preferential rights against execution, a topic now handled in the sections on distribution and preferential claims.
Why this matters in practice
Whether you fall inside one of these five categories decides whether you can take part in an execution, object, or claim a share of proceeds, so identifying your status early is essential, for example if you co-own seized land or hold a mortgage over it. Third parties who only learn of a seizure late should check quickly whether they qualify. If you think an execution touches property you have rights in, get a debt collection lawyer in Thailand to confirm your standing before deadlines pass.
Cited in 152 Supreme Court decisions (1954 to 2023)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 2836/2566 (2023)
- Decision 2116/2565 (2022)
- Decision 1470/2564 (2021)
- Decision 8334/2563 (2020)
- Decision 2260/2562 (2019)
- Decision 7397/2561 (2018)
- Decision 1108/2561 (2018)
- Decision 5752/2559 (2016)
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
- Thai CCC s. 1300 36
- Section 289 29
- Section 288 28
- Section 290 14
- Thai CCC s. 1364 10
Sections that appear in the same judgments as this one most often. The figure is the number of decisions.
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Frequently asked questions
Am I an interested person if I co-own property that was seized?
Yes. Section 287 (4) lists co-owners and holders of preferential or retention rights over the property under execution as interested persons.
Why does being an interested person matter?
Status as an interested person under Section 287 unlocks rights granted elsewhere in the Code, such as the participation and document-inspection rights in Section 288, and the ability to object to execution steps.
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Plain citation
Civil Procedure Code, s. 287 (Thailand) -
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Civil Procedure Code (Thailand), s. 287. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-procedure-code/section-287/ (accessed 11 August 2026). -
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ป.วิ.พ. มาตรา 287 -
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