# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百六十五条の四 (Article 465-4) - 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: 第四百六十五条の四 (Article 465-4)（個人根保証契約の元本の確定事由） — address `art-465-4` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-4 - 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. --- ### 第四百六十五条の四（個人根保証契約の元本の確定事由） — (Grounds for Fixing of Principal in Contract for Revolving Guarantee by Individual) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-465-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-4 **第一項** 次に掲げる場合には、個人根保証契約における主たる債務の元本は、確定する。ただし、第一号に掲げる場合にあっては、強制執行又は担保権の実行の手続の開始があったときに限る。 art-465-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-4/par-1 The principal of the principal obligation under a contract for revolving guarantee by an individual is fixed in the following cases; provided, however, that in the case stated in item (i), it is fixed only if the procedure for judicial enforcement or enforcement procedure of a security right is commenced: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 債権者が、保証人の財産について、金銭の支払を目的とする債権についての強制執行又は担保権の実行を申し立てたとき。 art-465-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-4/par-1/item-1 if an obligee files a petition for judicial enforcement or enforcement of any security right for a claim for payment of money with regard to any property of the guarantor; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 保証人が破産手続開始の決定を受けたとき。 art-465-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-4/par-1/item-2 if the guarantor receives an order commencing bankruptcy proceeding; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 主たる債務者又は保証人が死亡したとき。 art-465-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-4/par-1/item-3 the relevant principal obligor or guarantor has died. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する場合のほか、個人貸金等根保証契約における主たる債務の元本は、次に掲げる場合にも確定する。ただし、第一号に掲げる場合にあっては、強制執行又は担保権の実行の手続の開始があったときに限る。 art-465-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-4/par-2 Beyond the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the principal of the principal obligation under a contract for revolving guarantee by an individual for loans is fixed in the following cases; provided, however, that in the case stated in item (i), it is fixed only if the procedure for judicial enforcement or enforcement procedure of a security right is commenced: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 債権者が、主たる債務者の財産について、金銭の支払を目的とする債権についての強制執行又は担保権の実行を申し立てたとき。 art-465-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-4/par-2/item-1 if the obligee files a petition for judicial enforcement or enforcement of a security right for a claim for payment of money with regard to property of the principal obligor; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 主たる債務者が破産手続開始の決定を受けたとき。 art-465-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-4/par-2/item-2 if the principal obligor receives an order commencing bankruptcy proceeding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-465-4/par-1: 第一号 → 民法 第四百六十五条の四第一項第一号 (Article 465-4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-465-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-4/par-1/item-1 - art-465-4/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第四百六十五条の四第一項 (Article 465-4, paragraph (1)), art-465-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-4/par-1 - art-465-4/par-2: 第一号 → 民法 第四百六十五条の四第二項第一号 (Article 465-4, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-465-4/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-4/par-2/item-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第四百六十五条の四第一項（個人根保証契約の元本の確定事由） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-4/par-1 - 民法 第四百六十五条の四第二項（個人根保証契約の元本の確定事由） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-4/par-2 - 民法 第四百六十五条の六第二項第一号ロ（公正証書の作成と保証の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-465-6/par-2/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-465-6/par-2/item-1/sub-2 - 民法 附則第四条第五項（貸金等根保証契約に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4161-147/art-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4161-147/art-4/par-5 --- ## 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