# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百六十五条の十 (Article 465-10) - 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: 第四百六十五条の十 (Article 465-10)（契約締結時の情報の提供義務） — address `art-465-10` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-10 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-10 - 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. --- ### 第四百六十五条の十（契約締結時の情報の提供義務） — (Duty to Provide Information upon Conclusion of a Contract) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-465-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-10 **第一項** 主たる債務者は、事業のために負担する債務を主たる債務とする保証又は主たる債務の範囲に事業のために負担する債務が含まれる根保証の委託をするときは、委託を受ける者に対し、次に掲げる事項に関する情報を提供しなければならない。 art-465-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-10/par-1 If the principal obligor requests a person to give guarantee for an obligation to be assumed for business as the principal obligation or give revolving guarantee for an obligation to be assumed for business that is included in the scope of the principal obligation, the principal obligor must provide the person so requested with information concerning the following particulars: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 財産及び収支の状況 art-465-10/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-10/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-10/par-1/item-1 the status of assets, and income and expenditure; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 主たる債務以外に負担している債務の有無並びにその額及び履行状況 art-465-10/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-10/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-10/par-1/item-2 whether the principal obligor has any obligation other than the principal obligation, and its amount and its status of performance; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 主たる債務の担保として他に提供し、又は提供しようとするものがあるときは、その旨及びその内容 art-465-10/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-10/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-10/par-1/item-3 if the principal obligor has provided or intends to provide any other security for the principal obligation, an indication of this and the details of the security. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 主たる債務者が前項各号に掲げる事項に関して情報を提供せず、又は事実と異なる情報を提供したために委託を受けた者がその事項について誤認をし、それによって保証契約の申込み又はその承諾の意思表示をした場合において、主たる債務者がその事項に関して情報を提供せず又は事実と異なる情報を提供したことを債権者が知り又は知ることができたときは、保証人は、保証契約を取り消すことができる。 art-465-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-10/par-2 If, because the principal obligor fails to provide information concerning the particulars stated in the items of the preceding paragraph or provides information that is factually inaccurate, the person requested to guarantee misunderstands these particulars and manifests the intention to offer or accept the offer of a guarantee contract based on the misunderstanding, the guarantor may rescind the guarantee contract if the obligee knew or could have known that the principal obligor failed to provide information concerning these particulars or provided information that was factually inaccurate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、保証をする者が法人である場合には、適用しない。 art-465-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-10/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply if the person that gives guarantee is a corporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-465-10/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第四百六十五条の十第一項 (Article 465-10, paragraph (1)), art-465-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-10/par-1 - art-465-10/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第四百六十五条の十第一項 (Article 465-10, paragraph (1)), art-465-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-10/par-1 - art-465-10/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第四百六十五条の十第二項 (Article 465-10, paragraph (2)), art-465-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-10/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第四百六十五条の十第二項（契約締結時の情報の提供義務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-10/par-2 - 民法 第四百六十五条の十第三項（契約締結時の情報の提供義務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-10/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