# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二百五十八条 (Article 258) - 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: 第二百五十八条 (Article 258)（裁判による共有物の分割） — address `art-258` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-258 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258 - 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. --- ### 第二百五十八条（裁判による共有物の分割） — (Partition of Property in Co-Ownership by Judicial Decision) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-258 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-258 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258 **第一項** 共有物の分割について共有者間に協議が調わないとき、又は協議をすることができないときは、その分割を裁判所に請求することができる。 art-258/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-258/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258/par-1 If co-owners are unable to reach an agreement on, or unable to discuss, the partition of property in co-ownership, they may request the court to partition the property in co-ownership. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、次に掲げる方法により、共有物の分割を命ずることができる。 art-258/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-258/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258/par-2 The court may order the partition of property in co-ownership by any of the following methods: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 共有物の現物を分割する方法 art-258/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-258/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258/par-2/item-1 partitioning the actual property in co-ownership; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 共有者に債務を負担させて、他の共有者の持分の全部又は一部を取得させる方法 art-258/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-258/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258/par-2/item-2 having a co-owner assume a debt and acquire in exchange all or part of another co-owner's ownership share. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項に規定する方法により共有物を分割することができないとき、又は分割によってその価格を著しく減少させるおそれがあるときは、裁判所は、その競売を命ずることができる。 art-258/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-258/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258/par-3 If it is not possible to partition the property in co-ownership by a method prescribed in the preceding paragraph, or if the partition of the property in co-ownership is likely to significantly reduce the value of the property, the court may order the sale at auction. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 裁判所は、共有物の分割の裁判において、当事者に対して、金銭の支払、物の引渡し、登記義務の履行その他の給付を命ずることができる。 art-258/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-258/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258/par-4 In a judicial decision on the partition of property in co-ownership, the court may order the parties to pay any money, deliver any objects, perform their obligation to register, or perform any other act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-258/par-3: 前項 → 民法 第二百五十八条第二項 (Article 258, paragraph (2)), art-258/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-258/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第二百五十八条第三項（裁判による共有物の分割） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-258/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258/par-3 - 民法 第二百五十八条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-258-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258-2/par-1 - 民法 第二百五十八条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-258-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258-2/par-2 - 民法 第二百五十八条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-258-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258-2/par-3 - 民法 第二百六十二条の二第二項（所在等不明共有者の持分の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-262-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-262-2/par-2 --- ## 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