# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百六十七条 (Article 567) - 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: 第五百六十七条 (Article 567)（目的物の滅失等についての危険の移転） — address `art-567` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-567 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-567 - 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. --- ### 第五百六十七条（目的物の滅失等についての危険の移転） — (Transfer of Risk for Loss of Subject Matter) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-567 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-567 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-567 **第一項** 売主が買主に目的物（売買の目的として特定したものに限る。以下この条において同じ。）を引き渡した場合において、その引渡しがあった時以後にその目的物が当事者双方の責めに帰することができない事由によって滅失し、又は損傷したときは、買主は、その滅失又は損傷を理由として、履行の追完の請求、代金の減額の請求、損害賠償の請求及び契約の解除をすることができない。この場合において、買主は、代金の支払を拒むことができない。 art-567/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-567/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-567/par-1 If the seller delivers the subject matter (limited to one that has been ascertained as the subject matter of the sale; the same applies in this Article below) to the buyer, and the subject matter is lost or damaged after the time of the delivery due to any grounds not attributable to either party, the buyer may not demand completion of the non-conformity of performance, demand a reduction of the price, claim compensation for damage, or cancel the contract, on the ground of the loss or damage. In such a case, the buyer may not refuse to pay the price. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 売主が契約の内容に適合する目的物をもって、その引渡しの債務の履行を提供したにもかかわらず、買主がその履行を受けることを拒み、又は受けることができない場合において、その履行の提供があった時以後に当事者双方の責めに帰することができない事由によってその目的物が滅失し、又は損傷したときも、前項と同様とする。 art-567/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-567/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-567/par-2 The preceding paragraph also applies if the seller tenders the performance of the obligation of delivery by delivering the subject matter that conforms to the contract terms, but the buyer refuses to accept or is unable to accept the performance, and the subject matter is lost or damaged after the time of the tender of the performance due to any grounds not attributable to either party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-567/par-1: この条 → 民法 第五百六十七条 (Article 567), art-567 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-567 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-567 - art-567/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第五百六十七条第一項 (Article 567, paragraph (1)), art-567/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-567/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-567/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第五百六十七条第一項（目的物の滅失等についての危険の移転） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-567/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-567/par-1 - 民法 第五百六十七条第二項（目的物の滅失等についての危険の移転） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-567/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-567/par-2 --- ## 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