# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二百六十二条の三 (Article 262-3) - 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: 第二百六十二条の三 (Article 262-3)（所在等不明共有者の持分の譲渡） — address `art-262-3` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-262-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-262-3 - 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. --- ### 第二百六十二条の三（所在等不明共有者の持分の譲渡） — (Transfer of Ownership Share of Co-owner Whose Whereabouts Are Unknown) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-262-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-262-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-262-3 **第一項** 不動産が数人の共有に属する場合において、共有者が他の共有者を知ることができず、又はその所在を知ることができないときは、裁判所は、共有者の請求により、その共有者に、当該他の共有者（以下この条において「所在等不明共有者」という。）以外の共有者の全員が特定の者に対してその有する持分の全部を譲渡することを停止条件として所在等不明共有者の持分を当該特定の者に譲渡する権限を付与する旨の裁判をすることができる。 art-262-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-262-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-262-3/par-1 When immovables belong to several co-owners, if a co-owner is unable to ascertain the identity of another co-owner or to ascertain another co-owner's whereabouts, the court may, at the request of a co-owner, render a judicial decision to the effect that the co-owner is granted the authority to transfer the ownership share of the other co-owner in question (referred to as "co-owner whose whereabouts are unknown" in this Article below) to a specific person on the condition that all of the co-owners other than the co-owner whose whereabouts are unknown transfer all of their ownership shares to the specific person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 所在等不明共有者の持分が相続財産に属する場合（共同相続人間で遺産の分割をすべき場合に限る。）において、相続開始の時から十年を経過していないときは、裁判所は、前項の裁判をすることができない。 art-262-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-262-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-262-3/par-2 If an ownership share of a co-owner whose whereabouts are unknown belongs to inherited property (limited to cases where the inheritance should be divided among joint heirs), the court may not render the judicial decision referred to in the preceding paragraph if ten years have not yet passed from the time of commencement of the inheritance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の裁判により付与された権限に基づき共有者が所在等不明共有者の持分を第三者に譲渡したときは、所在等不明共有者は、当該譲渡をした共有者に対し、不動産の時価相当額を所在等不明共有者の持分に応じて按分して得た額の支払を請求することができる。 art-262-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-262-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-262-3/par-3 If a co-owner has transferred the ownership share of a co-owner whose whereabouts are unknown to a third party based on the authority granted by the judicial decision stated in paragraph (1), the co-owner whose whereabouts are unknown is entitled to demand from the co-owner who made the transfer payment the amount obtained by proportionally dividing the amount equivalent to the market value of the immovables according to the ownership share of the co-owner whose whereabouts are unknown. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項の規定は、不動産の使用又は収益をする権利（所有権を除く。）が数人の共有に属する場合について準用する。 art-262-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-262-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-262-3/par-4 The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to cases where a right to use or earn profits from immovables (excluding the right of ownership) belongs to several co-owners. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-262-3/par-1: この条 → 民法 第二百六十二条の三 (Article 262-3), art-262-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-262-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-262-3 - art-262-3/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第二百六十二条の三第一項 (Article 262-3, paragraph (1)), art-262-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-262-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-262-3/par-1 - art-262-3/par-3: 第一項 → 民法 第二百六十二条の三第一項 (Article 262-3, paragraph (1)), art-262-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-262-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-262-3/par-1 - art-262-3/par-4: 前三項 → 民法 第二百六十二条の三第一項 (Article 262-3, paragraph (1)), art-262-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-262-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-262-3/par-1 - art-262-3/par-4: 前三項 → 民法 第二百六十二条の三第二項 (Article 262-3, paragraph (2)), art-262-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-262-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-262-3/par-2 - art-262-3/par-4: 前三項 → 民法 第二百六十二条の三第三項 (Article 262-3, paragraph (3)), art-262-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-262-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-262-3/par-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第二百六十二条の三第一項（所在等不明共有者の持分の譲渡） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-262-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-262-3/par-1 - 民法 第二百六十二条の三第二項（所在等不明共有者の持分の譲渡） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-262-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-262-3/par-2 - 民法 第二百六十二条の三第三項（所在等不明共有者の持分の譲渡） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-262-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-262-3/par-3 - 民法 第二百六十二条の三第四項（所在等不明共有者の持分の譲渡） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-262-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-262-3/par-4 - 民法 第二百六十四条第一項（準共有） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-264/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264/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