# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百五十九条の二 (Article 459-2) - 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: 第四百五十九条の二 (Article 459-2)（委託を受けた保証人が弁済期前に弁済等をした場合の求償権） — address `art-459-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-459-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-459-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四百五十九条の二（委託を受けた保証人が弁済期前に弁済等をした場合の求償権） — (Right to Reimbursement in Case of Guarantor Guaranteeing by Request Who Performed Obligation Before Due Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-459-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-459-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-459-2 **第一項** 保証人が主たる債務者の委託を受けて保証をした場合において、主たる債務の弁済期前に債務の消滅行為をしたときは、その保証人は、主たる債務者に対し、主たる債務者がその当時利益を受けた限度において求償権を有する。この場合において、主たる債務者が債務の消滅行為の日以前に相殺の原因を有していたことを主張するときは、保証人は、債権者に対し、その相殺によって消滅すべきであった債務の履行を請求することができる。 art-459-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-459-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-459-2/par-1 If a guarantor gives guarantee as requested by the principal obligor and performs an act for extinguishment of obligation before the due date of the principal obligation, the guarantor has the right to reimbursement from the principal obligor to the extent that the principal obligor was enriched at the time of the act. In such a case, if the principal obligor alleges to have had grounds for set-off before the day of the act for extinguishment of obligation, the guarantor may request the obligee to perform the obligation which should have been extinguished due to the set-off. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による求償は、主たる債務の弁済期以後の法定利息及びその弁済期以後に債務の消滅行為をしたとしても避けることができなかった費用その他の損害の賠償を包含する。 art-459-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-459-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-459-2/par-2 Reimbursement under the provisions of the preceding paragraph includes the statutory interest which accrues on and after the due date of the principal obligation and compensation for damage including expenses which could not have been avoided even if an act for extinguishment of obligation were performed on or after the due date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の求償権は、主たる債務の弁済期以後でなければ、これを行使することができない。 art-459-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-459-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-459-2/par-3 The right to reimbursement referred to in paragraph (1) may not be exercised before the due date of the principal obligation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-459-2/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第四百五十九条の二第一項 (Article 459-2, paragraph (1)), art-459-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-459-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-459-2/par-1 - art-459-2/par-3: 第一項 → 民法 第四百五十九条の二第一項 (Article 459-2, paragraph (1)), art-459-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-459-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-459-2/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第四百五十九条の二第二項（委託を受けた保証人が弁済期前に弁済等をした場合の求償権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-459-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-459-2/par-2 - 民法 第四百五十九条の二第三項（委託を受けた保証人が弁済期前に弁済等をした場合の求償権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-459-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-459-2/par-3 - 民法 第四百六十二条第一項（委託を受けない保証人の求償権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-462/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-462/par-1 - 民法 第四百六十二条第三項（委託を受けない保証人の求償権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-462/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-462/par-3 --- ## 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