# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百十二条 (Article 312)

- 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: 第三百十二条 (Article 312)（不動産賃貸の先取特権） — address `art-312`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第三百十二条（不動産賃貸の先取特権） — (Statutory Liens for Leases of Immovables)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-312 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-312 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-312</sup>

      **第一項**  不動産の賃貸の先取特権は、その不動産の賃料その他の賃貸借関係から生じた賃借人の債務に関し、賃借人の動産について存在する。
      <sup>art-312/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-312/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-312/par-1</sup>
      Statutory liens for a lease of immovables exist against the movables of the lessee in connection with the rent of the relevant immovables and other obligations of the lessee that arise from that lease relationship.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民法 第三百十九条第一項（即時取得の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-319/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-319/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
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11