# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百七十七条 (Article 577) - 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: 第五百七十七条 (Article 577)（抵当権等の登記がある場合の買主による代金の支払の拒絶） — address `art-577` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-577 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-577 - 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. --- ### 第五百七十七条（抵当権等の登記がある場合の買主による代金の支払の拒絶） — (Refusal by Buyer to Pay Price in Cases Registration of Mortgage Is Found) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-577 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-577 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-577 **第一項** 買い受けた不動産について契約の内容に適合しない抵当権の登記があるときは、買主は、抵当権消滅請求の手続が終わるまで、その代金の支払を拒むことができる。この場合において、売主は、買主に対し、遅滞なく抵当権消滅請求をすべき旨を請求することができる。 art-577/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-577/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-577/par-1 If a mortgage that does not conform to the contract terms is registered on immovables that have been purchased, the buyer may refuse to pay the price until the completion of the procedures of the claim for extinguishment of the mortgage. In these cases, the seller may demand that the buyer file the claim for extinguishment of the mortgage without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、買い受けた不動産について契約の内容に適合しない先取特権又は質権の登記がある場合について準用する。 art-577/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-577/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-577/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if a statutory lien or pledge that does not conform to the contract terms is registered on the immovables that have been bought. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-577/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第五百七十七条第一項 (Article 577, paragraph (1)), art-577/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-577/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-577/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第五百七十七条第二項（抵当権等の登記がある場合の買主による代金の支払の拒絶） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-577/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-577/par-2 - 民法 第五百七十八条第一項（売主による代金の供託の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-578/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-578/par-1 --- ## 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