# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百四条 (Article 604) - 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: 第六百四条 (Article 604)（賃貸借の存続期間） — address `art-604` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-604 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-604 - 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. --- ### 第六百四条（賃貸借の存続期間） — (Duration of Lease) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-604 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-604 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-604 **第一項** 賃貸借の存続期間は、五十年を超えることができない。契約でこれより長い期間を定めたときであっても、その期間は、五十年とする。 art-604/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-604/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-604/par-1 The duration of a lease may not exceed 50 years. Even if the contract prescribes a longer term, that term is considered to be 50 years. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 賃貸借の存続期間は、更新することができる。ただし、その期間は、更新の時から五十年を超えることができない。 art-604/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-604/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-604/par-2 The duration of a lease may be renewed; provided, however, that the term may not exceed 50 years from the time of the renewal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 借地借家法 第二十九条第二項（建物賃貸借の期間） — https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000090/art-29/par-2 - 民法 附則第三十四条第二項（贈与等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-34/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