# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百七十八条 (Article 378)

- 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: 第三百七十八条 (Article 378)（代価弁済） — address `art-378`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-378
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-378
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### 第三百七十八条（代価弁済） — (Direct Satisfaction of Mortgage with Purchase Price)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-378 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-378 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-378</sup>

    **第一項**  抵当不動産について所有権又は地上権を買い受けた第三者が、抵当権者の請求に応じてその抵当権者にその代価を弁済したときは、抵当権は、その第三者のために消滅する。
    <sup>art-378/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-378/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-378/par-1</sup>
    If a third party that purchases the ownership or superficies of a mortgaged immovables pays the price of the same to a mortgagee at the request of the same mortgagee, that mortgage is terminated for the benefit of that third party.
    <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