# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二百九十九条 (Article 299) - 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: 第二百九十九条 (Article 299)（留置権者による費用の償還請求） — address `art-299` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-299 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-299 - 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. --- ### 第二百九十九条（留置権者による費用の償還請求） — (Demands for Reimbursement of Expenses by Holders of Rights of Retention) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-299 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-299 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-299 **第一項** 留置権者は、留置物について必要費を支出したときは、所有者にその償還をさせることができる。 art-299/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-299/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-299/par-1 If the holder of a right of retention incurs necessary expenses with respect to the thing retained, that holder may have the owner reimburse the same. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 留置権者は、留置物について有益費を支出したときは、これによる価格の増加が現存する場合に限り、所有者の選択に従い、その支出した金額又は増価額を償還させることができる。ただし、裁判所は、所有者の請求により、その償還について相当の期限を許与することができる。 art-299/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-299/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-299/par-2 If the holder of a right of retention incurs beneficial expenses with respect to the thing retained, to the extent that there is currently an increase in value as a result of the same, that holder may have the expenses incurred or the increase in value reimbursed at the owner's choice; provided, however, that the court may, at the request of the owner, grant a reasonable period of time for the reimbursement of the same. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第三百五十条第一項（留置権及び先取特権の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-350/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-350/par-1 - 民法 第九百九十三条第一項（遺贈義務者による費用の償還請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-993/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-993/par-1 - 遺失物法 第二十七条第二項（費用の負担） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-27/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