# 民法 / Civil Code — 第千三十七条 (Article 1037) - Law: 民法 (Civil Code), 明治二十九年法律第八十九号 - English title "Civil Code": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第千三十七条 (Article 1037)（配偶者短期居住権） — address `art-1037` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1037 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1037 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第千三十七条（配偶者短期居住権） — Spouse's Short-Term Right of Residence caption: machine translation, not official art-1037 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1037 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1037 **第一項** 配偶者は、被相続人の財産に属した建物に相続開始の時に無償で居住していた場合には、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じてそれぞれ当該各号に定める日までの間、その居住していた建物（以下この節において「居住建物」という。）の所有権を相続又は遺贈により取得した者（以下この節において「居住建物取得者」という。）に対し、居住建物について無償で使用する権利（居住建物の一部のみを無償で使用していた場合にあっては、その部分について無償で使用する権利。以下この節において「配偶者短期居住権」という。）を有する。ただし、配偶者が、相続開始の時において居住建物に係る配偶者居住権を取得したとき、又は第八百九十一条の規定に該当し若しくは廃除によってその相続権を失ったときは、この限りでない。 art-1037/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1037/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1037/par-1 If the spouse was residing free of charge, at the time the succession opened, in a building that belonged to the property of the decedent, the spouse has, until the date specified in each of the following items for the category set forth in that item, as against the person who has acquired ownership of the building in which the spouse was residing (hereinafter in this Section referred to as the "building of residence") through succession or a legacy (hereinafter in this Section referred to as the "acquirer of the building of residence"), the right to use the building of residence free of charge (or, if the spouse was using only a part of the building of residence free of charge, the right to use that part free of charge; hereinafter in this Section referred to as the "spouse's short-term right of residence"); provided, however, that this does not apply if the spouse has acquired the spouse's right of residence with respect to the building of residence at the time the succession opened, or falls under the provisions of Article 891 or has lost the right of inheritance through disinheritance. machine translation, not official **一** 居住建物について配偶者を含む共同相続人間で遺産の分割をすべき場合　遺産の分割により居住建物の帰属が確定した日又は相続開始の時から六箇月を経過する日のいずれか遅い日 art-1037/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1037/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1037/par-1/item-1 in the case where the estate is to be divided with respect to the building of residence among the coheirs including the spouse: the later of the date on which attribution of the building of residence is finalized by the division of the estate or the date on which six months have passed since the time the succession opened; machine translation, not official **二** 前号に掲げる場合以外の場合　第三項の申入れの日から六箇月を経過する日 art-1037/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1037/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1037/par-1/item-2 in cases other than that set forth in the preceding item: the date on which six months have passed since the date of the notice referred to in paragraph (3). machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項本文の場合においては、居住建物取得者は、第三者に対する居住建物の譲渡その他の方法により配偶者の居住建物の使用を妨げてはならない。 art-1037/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1037/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1037/par-2 In the case referred to in the main clause of the preceding paragraph, the acquirer of the building of residence must not interfere with the spouse's use of the building of residence by assigning the building of residence to a third party or by any other means. machine translation, not official **第三項** 居住建物取得者は、第一項第一号に掲げる場合を除くほか、いつでも配偶者短期居住権の消滅の申入れをすることができる。 art-1037/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1037/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1037/par-3 Except in the case set forth in paragraph (1), item (i), the acquirer of the building of residence may give notice of extinguishment of the spouse's short-term right of residence at any time. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-1037/par-1: 第八百九十一条 → 民法 第八百九十一条 (Article 891), art-891 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-891 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-891 - art-1037/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 民法 第千三十七条第一項第一号 (Article 1037, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-1037/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1037/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1037/par-1/item-1 - art-1037/par-1/item-2: 第三項 → 民法 第千三十七条第三項 (Article 1037, paragraph (3)), art-1037/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1037/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1037/par-3 - art-1037/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第千三十七条第一項 (Article 1037, paragraph (1)), art-1037/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1037/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1037/par-1 - art-1037/par-3: 第一項第一号 → 民法 第千三十七条第一項第一号 (Article 1037, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-1037/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1037/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1037/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第千三十七条第一項第二号（配偶者短期居住権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1037/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1037/par-1/item-2 - 民法 第千三十七条第二項（配偶者短期居住権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1037/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1037/par-2 - 民法 第千三十七条第三項（配偶者短期居住権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1037/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1037/par-3 - 民法 附則第十条第一項（配偶者の居住の権利に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4301-72/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-72/art-10/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-10-11 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Code — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4848/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-code-20261011T170941-009, translated 2026-10-12 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11