# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二百九十一条 (Article 291)

- 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: 第二百九十一条 (Article 291)（地役権の消滅時効） — address `art-291`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第二百九十一条（地役権の消滅時効） — (Extinctive Prescription of Servitudes)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-291 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-291 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-291</sup>

  **第一項**  第百六十六条第二項に規定する消滅時効の期間は、継続的でなく行使される地役権については最後の行使の時から起算し、継続的に行使される地役権についてはその行使を妨げる事実が生じた時から起算する。
  <sup>art-291/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-291/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-291/par-1</sup>
  The period of the extinctive prescription provided for in Article 166, paragraph (2) commences upon the final exercise of the servitude if the servitude is not exercised continuously, and upon the occurrence of a fact that prevents the exercise of the servitude if the servitude is exercised continuously.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-291/par-1: 第百六十六条第二項 → 民法 第百六十六条第二項 (Article 166, paragraph (2)), art-166/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-166/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-166/par-2

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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