# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百六条 (Article 306)

- 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: 第三百六条 (Article 306)（一般の先取特権） — address `art-306`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-306
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-306
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### 第三百六条（一般の先取特権） — (General Statutory Lien)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-306 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-306 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-306</sup>

      **第一項**  次に掲げる原因によって生じた債権を有する者は、債務者の総財産について先取特権を有する。
      <sup>art-306/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-306/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-306/par-1</sup>
      A person that has a claim arising from the causes stated below has a statutory lien over the entire assets of the obligor:
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  共益の費用
        <sup>art-306/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-306/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-306/par-1/item-1</sup>
        expenses for the common benefit;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  雇用関係
        <sup>art-306/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-306/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-306/par-1/item-2</sup>
        an employer-employee relationship;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **三**  子の監護の費用
        <sup>art-306/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-306/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-306/par-1/item-3</sup>
        expenses for the custody of a child;
        <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

        **四**  葬式の費用
        <sup>art-306/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-306/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-306/par-1/item-4</sup>
        funeral expenses; or
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **五**  日用品の供給
        <sup>art-306/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-306/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-306/par-1/item-5</sup>
        the supply of daily necessaries.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民法 第三百二十九条第一項（一般の先取特権の順位） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-329/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-329/par-1
- 民法 附則第二条第一項（雇用関係の先取特権に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4151-134/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4151-134/art-2/par-1
- 民法 附則第三条第一項（子の監護費用に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-3/par-1

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-code-20261011T170941-001, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11