# 民法 / Civil Code — 第百九十五条 (Article 195)

- 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: 第百九十五条 (Article 195)（動物の占有による権利の取得） — address `art-195`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第百九十五条（動物の占有による権利の取得） — (Acquisition of Rights through Possession of Animals)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-195 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-195 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-195</sup>

    **第一項**  家畜以外の動物で他人が飼育していたものを占有する者は、その占有の開始の時に善意であり、かつ、その動物が飼主の占有を離れた時から一箇月以内に飼主から回復の請求を受けなかったときは、その動物について行使する権利を取得する。
    <sup>art-195/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-195/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-195/par-1</sup>
    A person possessing a non-domestic animal bred by another person acquires the rights to exercise with respect to that animal if the person possessing it was acting in good faith at the beginning of the possession and the owner of the animal does not demand its return from that person within one month from the time when that animal left the possession of its owner.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民法 第三百十九条第一項（即時取得の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-319/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-319/par-1

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## 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
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11