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Civil Act — Article 247 (Retroactive effect of acquisition of ownership, grounds of interruption)

민법 제247조

(1) The effect of acquisition of ownership under the preceding two Articles is retroactive to the commencement of possession.

(2) The provisions on the interruption of extinctive prescription shall apply mutatis mutandis to the period for acquiring ownership under the preceding two Articles.

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