# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二百五十六条 (Article 256) - 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: 第二百五十六条 (Article 256)（共有物の分割請求） — address `art-256` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-256 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-256 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百五十六条（共有物の分割請求） — (Demands for Partition of Property in Co-Ownership) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-256 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-256 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-256 **第一項** 各共有者は、いつでも共有物の分割を請求することができる。ただし、五年を超えない期間内は分割をしない旨の契約をすることを妨げない。 art-256/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-256/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-256/par-1 Each co-owner may demand the partition of property in co-ownership at any time; provided, however, that this does not preclude concluding a contract agreeing not to partition that property for a period not exceeding five years. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項ただし書の契約は、更新することができる。ただし、その期間は、更新の時から五年を超えることができない。 art-256/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-256/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-256/par-2 The contract under the proviso to the preceding paragraph may be renewed; provided, however, that its period may not exceed five years from the time of the renewal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-256/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第二百五十六条第一項 (Article 256, paragraph (1)), art-256/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-256/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-256/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不動産登記法 第五十九条第一項第六号（権利に関する登記の登記事項） — https://japanlaw.org/en/real-property-registration-act/art-59/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000123/art-59/par-1/item-6 - 建物の区分所有等に関する法律 第七十七条第一項（敷地共有持分等に係る土地等の分割請求に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/building-unit-ownership-act/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/337AC0000000069/art-77/par-1 - 建物の区分所有等に関する法律 第七十七条第二項（敷地共有持分等に係る土地等の分割請求に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/building-unit-ownership-act/art-77/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/337AC0000000069/art-77/par-2 - 民法 第二百五十六条第二項（共有物の分割請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-256/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-256/par-2 - 民法 第二百五十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-257/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-257/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 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11