# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百九十七条 (Article 597) - 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: 第五百九十七条 (Article 597)（期間満了等による使用貸借の終了） — address `art-597` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-597 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-597 - 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. --- ### 第五百九十七条（期間満了等による使用貸借の終了） — (Termination of Loan for Use upon Expiration of Period of Loan) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-597 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-597 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-597 **第一項** 当事者が使用貸借の期間を定めたときは、使用貸借は、その期間が満了することによって終了する。 art-597/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-597/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-597/par-1 If the parties specify a period of a loan for use, the loan for use is terminated upon the expiration of the period. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 当事者が使用貸借の期間を定めなかった場合において、使用及び収益の目的を定めたときは、使用貸借は、借主がその目的に従い使用及び収益を終えることによって終了する。 art-597/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-597/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-597/par-2 If the parties do not specify a period of a loan for use, but they specify the purpose of using and making profit from the borrowed thing, the loan for use is terminated when the borrower finishes using and making profit from the thing in line with the purpose. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 使用貸借は、借主の死亡によって終了する。 art-597/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-597/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-597/par-3 A loan for use is terminated upon the death of the borrower. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第五百九十八条第一項（使用貸借の解除） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-598/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-598/par-1 - 民法 第六百二十二条第一項（使用貸借の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-622/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-622/par-1 - 民法 第千三十六条第一項（使用貸借及び賃貸借の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1036/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1036/par-1 - 民法 第千四十一条第一項（使用貸借等の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-1041/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1041/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