# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百三十四条 (Article 334)

- 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: 第三百三十四条 (Article 334)（先取特権と動産質権との競合） — address `art-334`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第三百三十四条（先取特権と動産質権との競合） — (Conflict between Statutory Liens and Pledges on Movables)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-334 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-334 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-334</sup>

    **第一項**  先取特権と動産質権とが競合する場合には、動産質権者は、第三百三十条の規定による第一順位の先取特権者と同一の権利を有する。
    <sup>art-334/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-334/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-334/par-1</sup>
    If there is a conflict between a statutory lien and a pledge on movables, the pledgee of those movables has the same rights as those of the holder of a statutory lien of the first rank under Article 330.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-334/par-1: 第三百三十条 → 民法 第三百三十条 (Article 330), art-330 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-330 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-330

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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