Crash · 03

It's repaired. The piece of the price that didn't come back.

The repair bill, the depreciation they take off new parts, and the drop in what the car will sell for are three different numbers. Looking clean from the outside does not mean the market price came back.

The statute. The link goes to the national law database.

What this is

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Civil Code §196: if someone wrongly damages your property, you can claim the drop in its value. Courts often use the repair cost to measure that, then depreciate parts that were replaced with new ones. Labor and paint usually get looked at apart. If the market price is still down after the repair, some people claim that trading loss on top. Insurers often don't offer it. A 1988 Supreme Court civil-division resolution (ROC year 77, the ninth meeting) gets cited on the repair-cost point. A resolution is not your judgment.

What you can do now

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Who you might call

Only if it fits

Also worth saying

Depreciation taken off new parts, and the market value lost after the crash, are not two numbers you add and then assume you'll get both.
Useful life and the depreciation rate follow the court and the table in force then. I won't turn that into an amount you can pocket.
Whether to get an appraisal: look at how big the repair is, and at the time limit, before you decide.

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I'm not a lawyer, and I'm not a mediator. I can't decide this for you. The statute that counts is the one still in force. Judgments live on the Judicial Yuan site.