# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百二十二条 (Article 322)

- 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: 第三百二十二条 (Article 322)（種苗又は肥料の供給の先取特権） — address `art-322`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第三百二十二条（種苗又は肥料の供給の先取特権） — (Statutory Liens for Supply of Seeds and Seedlings or Fertilizer)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-322 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-322 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-322</sup>

      **第一項**  種苗又は肥料の供給の先取特権は、種苗又は肥料の代価及びその利息に関し、その種苗又は肥料を用いた後一年以内にこれを用いた土地から生じた果実（蚕種又は蚕の飼養に供した桑葉の使用によって生じた物を含む。）について存在する。
      <sup>art-322/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-322/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-322/par-1</sup>
      Statutory liens for the supply of seeds and seedlings or fertilizer exist against fruits (including eggs of silk worms or any thing derived from the use of mulberry leaves provided to feed silkworms) derived from land where the seeds and seedlings or fertilizer were used, within one year of that use, in connection with the price of those seeds and seedlings or fertilizer and interest on the same.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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