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Book 2 · Law of obligations  ›  Title 27 · Torts › Section 852

Claim to surrender after end of limitation period

If by a tort the person liable to pay compensation obtains something at the cost of the injured person, then even after the claim to compensation for the damage arising from a tort has become statute-barred, they are obliged to surrender the benefit obtained in accordance with the provisions on the surrender of unjust enrichment. This claim becomes statute-barred 10 years after it arises, or, notwithstanding the date on which it arises, 30 years after the date on which the act causing the injury was committed or after the other event triggering the loss occurred.

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