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Civil Act — Article 163 (Short extinctive prescription for three years)

민법 제163조

The extinctive prescription of claims defined in the following subparagraphs shall become complete if not exercised for a period of three years: <Amended on Dec. 13, 1997>

1. Interest, support fees, salaries, rent, and other claims purporting for the delivery of money or other things within a time limit of one year;

2. Claims of medical practitioners, midwives, nurses, and pharmacists, for medical treatment, professional services, and dispensation of medicines;

3. Claims of contractors, engineers, and persons engaging in planning or supervising works, for the execution of their works;

4. Claims against attorneys-at-law, patent agents, notaries public, certified public accountants, and certified judicial scriveners, for the return of documents kept in connection with their services;

5. Claims of attorneys-at-law, patent agents, notaries public, certified public accountants, and certified judicial scriveners, for their services;

6. Items received in exchange for products and merchandise sold by producers and merchants;

7. Claims of artisans and manufacturers for their works.

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