# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百五十一条 (Article 351)

- 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: 第三百五十一条 (Article 351)（物上保証人の求償権） — address `art-351`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第三百五十一条（物上保証人の求償権） — (Third-Party Collateral Providers' Rights to Reimbursement)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-351 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-351 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-351</sup>

    **第一項**  他人の債務を担保するため質権を設定した者は、その債務を弁済し、又は質権の実行によって質物の所有権を失ったときは、保証債務に関する規定に従い、債務者に対して求償権を有する。
    <sup>art-351/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-351/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-351/par-1</sup>
    If a person that creates a pledge to secure an obligation of another person performs that obligation or loses ownership of the thing pledged due to the enforcement of the pledge, that person has the right to reimbursement from the obligor in accordance with the provisions regarding guarantee obligations.
    <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 第三百七十二条第一項（留置権等の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-372/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-372/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