{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1537","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Prescription Period","number":"1537","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1537/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK V - OBLIGATIONS","title":"TITLE I - CONTRACTS IN GENERAL","chapter":"Chapter 9. - Extinction of Obligations","section":"Section 5. - Prescription of Rights of Action","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Unless otherwise provided for by law, rights of action are prescribed by twenty years.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1537/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":433,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/433/?article=1537&paragraph=lead#article-1537-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}