# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百五十八条 (Article 458)

- 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: 第四百五十八条 (Article 458)（連帯保証人について生じた事由の効力） — address `art-458`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-458
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### 第四百五十八条（連帯保証人について生じた事由の効力） — (Effect of Circumstance Which Arises with Respect to Jointly and Severally Liable Guarantor)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-458 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-458 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-458</sup>

        **第一項**  第四百三十八条、第四百三十九条第一項、第四百四十条及び第四百四十一条の規定は、主たる債務者と連帯して債務を負担する保証人について生じた事由について準用する。
        <sup>art-458/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-458/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-458/par-1</sup>
        The provisions of Article 438, Article 439, paragraph (1), Article 440, and Article 441 apply mutatis mutandis to circumstances which arise with regard to the guarantor that bears the obligation jointly and severally with the principal obligor.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-458/par-1: 第四百三十八条 → 民法 第四百三十八条 (Article 438), art-438 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-438 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-438
- art-458/par-1: 第四百三十九条第一項 → 民法 第四百三十九条第一項 (Article 439, paragraph (1)), art-439/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-439/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-439/par-1
- art-458/par-1: 第四百四十条 → 民法 第四百四十条 (Article 440), art-440 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-440 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-440
- art-458/par-1: 第四百四十一条 → 民法 第四百四十一条 (Article 441), art-441 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-441 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-441

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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