Whosoever acquires a movable thing shall be deemed to be in good faith unless he knew or ought to have known that he was contracting with a person not entitled to transfer the thing to him.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 987
Definition and Proof of Good Faith · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
The good faith of the acquirer shall be presumed; absence of good faith must be proven.