# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百九十八条の三 (Article 398-3) - 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: 第三百九十八条の三 (Article 398-3)（根抵当権の被担保債権の範囲） — address `art-398-3` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-3 - 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. --- ### 第三百九十八条の三（根抵当権の被担保債権の範囲） — (Scope of Secured Claims Under Revolving Mortgages) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-398-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-3 **第一項** 根抵当権者は、確定した元本並びに利息その他の定期金及び債務の不履行によって生じた損害の賠償の全部について、極度額を限度として、その根抵当権を行使することができる。 art-398-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-3/par-1 A revolving mortgagee may exercise the relevant revolving mortgage up to the maximum amount with respect to all of fixed principal as well as periodic payments including interest and compensation for damage resulting from failure to perform obligations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 債務者との取引によらないで取得する手形上若しくは小切手上の請求権又は電子記録債権を根抵当権の担保すべき債権とした場合において、次に掲げる事由があったときは、その前に取得したものについてのみ、その根抵当権を行使することができる。ただし、その後に取得したものであっても、その事由を知らないで取得したものについては、これを行使することを妨げない。 art-398-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-3/par-2 If a claim under a negotiable instrument or check or electronically recorded monetary claim acquired from causes other than the transactions with the obligor is agreed to be treated as a claim to be secured by a revolving mortgage, and any of the following grounds exist, that revolving mortgage may be exercised only with respect to claims acquired before those grounds arose; provided, however, that even with respect to claims acquired after the grounds arose, the exercise of the revolving mortgage is not precluded as far as the claims were acquired without knowledge of those grounds: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 債務者の支払の停止 art-398-3/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-3/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-3/par-2/item-1 the suspension of payments by the obligor; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 債務者についての破産手続開始、再生手続開始、更生手続開始又は特別清算開始の申立て art-398-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-3/par-2/item-2 a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings, the commencement of rehabilitation proceedings, the commencement of reorganization proceedings or the commencement for special liquidation with respect to the obligor; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 抵当不動産に対する競売の申立て又は滞納処分による差押え art-398-3/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-3/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-3/par-2/item-3 a petition for auction in relation to mortgaged immovables or seizure for disposition of delinquency. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第三百九十八条の二第三項（根抵当権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-398-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-2/par-3 - 民法 附則第二十五条第一項第一号（民法等の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4111-225/art-25/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4111-225/art-25/par-1/item-1 - 民法 附則第十三条第一項（根抵当権に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-13/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