# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百八十三条 (Article 383) - 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: 第三百八十三条 (Article 383)（抵当権消滅請求の手続） — address `art-383` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-383 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-383 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百八十三条（抵当権消滅請求の手続） — (Procedures for Claims for Extinguishment of Mortgages) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-383 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-383 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-383 **第一項** 抵当不動産の第三取得者は、抵当権消滅請求をするときは、登記をした各債権者に対し、次に掲げる書面を送付しなければならない。 art-383/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-383/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-383/par-1 If a third party acquirer of a mortgaged immovables makes a claim for the extinguishment of a mortgage, that third party must send the documents stated below to each registered obligee: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 取得の原因及び年月日、譲渡人及び取得者の氏名及び住所並びに抵当不動産の性質、所在及び代価その他取得者の負担を記載した書面 art-383/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-383/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-383/par-1/item-1 a document that specifies the cause and date of the acquisition, the name and address of the assignor and the acquirer, the nature, location and price of the mortgaged immovables and burdens of the acquirer; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 抵当不動産に関する登記事項証明書（現に効力を有する登記事項のすべてを証明したものに限る。） art-383/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-383/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-383/par-1/item-2 a certificate of registered information regarding the mortgaged immovables (limited to certificates certifying all registered information currently in effect); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 債権者が二箇月以内に抵当権を実行して競売の申立てをしないときは、抵当不動産の第三取得者が第一号に規定する代価又は特に指定した金額を債権の順位に従って弁済し又は供託すべき旨を記載した書面 art-383/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-383/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-383/par-1/item-3 a document to the effect that, if an obligee does not enforce the mortgage by filing a petition for auction within two months, the third party acquirer of the mortgaged immovables will pay the price provided for in item (i) or an amount specifically fixed in accordance with the order of priority of claims, or deposit the price or that amount with official depository. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-383/par-1/item-3: 第一号 → 民法 第三百八十三条第一項第一号 (Article 383, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-383/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-383/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-383/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第三百七十九条第一項（抵当権消滅請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-379/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-379/par-1 - 民法 第三百八十三条第一項第三号（抵当権消滅請求の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-383/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-383/par-1/item-3 - 民法 第三百八十四条第一項（債権者のみなし承諾） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-384/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-384/par-1 - 民法 第三百八十四条第一項第一号（債権者のみなし承諾） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-384/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-384/par-1/item-1 - 民法 第三百八十五条第一項（競売の申立ての通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-385/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-385/par-1 --- ## 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