(1) If the right of inheritance is infringed by a person who pretends to have the right of inheritance, the person who has the right of inheritance or his or her legal representative may bring an action for recovery of inheritance.
(2) The claim for recovery of inheritance under paragraph (1) shall lapse at the expiration of three years from the date he comes to know the infringement, or ten years from the date the right of inheritance is infringed. <Amended on Jan. 14, 2002>[This Article Wholly Amended on Jan. 13, 1990][Simple Unconstitutionality, 2021Hun-Ma1588, Jun. 27, 2024: The part concerning Article 1014 among the phrase “10 years from the date on which an infringement of inheritance rights occurred” in Article 999(2) of the Civil Act (amended by Act No. 6591 on Jan. 14, 2002) is unconstitutional.]