# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百五十四条 (Article 354)

- 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: 第三百五十四条 (Article 354)（動産質権の実行） — address `art-354`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第三百五十四条（動産質権の実行） — (Enforcement of Pledges on Movables)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-354 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-354 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-354</sup>

    **第一項**  動産質権者は、その債権の弁済を受けないときは、正当な理由がある場合に限り、鑑定人の評価に従い質物をもって直ちに弁済に充てることを裁判所に請求することができる。この場合において、動産質権者は、あらかじめ、その請求をする旨を債務者に通知しなければならない。
    <sup>art-354/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-354/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-354/par-1</sup>
    If the claim of a pledgee of movables is not satisfied, the pledgee may make a request to the court seeking the immediate appropriation of the thing pledged for the satisfaction of that claim in accordance with the evaluation of an appraiser only when there are reasonable grounds. In this case, the pledgee of movables must notify the obligor in advance of the request.
    <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