# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百五条の二 (Article 605-2) - 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: 第六百五条の二 (Article 605-2)（不動産の賃貸人たる地位の移転） — address `art-605-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-605-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605-2 - 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. --- ### 第六百五条の二（不動産の賃貸人たる地位の移転） — (Transfer of Status of Lessor of Immovables) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-605-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-605-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605-2 **第一項** 前条、借地借家法（平成三年法律第九十号）第十条又は第三十一条その他の法令の規定による賃貸借の対抗要件を備えた場合において、その不動産が譲渡されたときは、その不動産の賃貸人たる地位は、その譲受人に移転する。 art-605-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-605-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605-2/par-1 If a lease is perfected in accordance with the laws and regulations including the preceding Article, and Articles 10 and 31 of the Act on Land and Building Leases (Act No. 90 of 1991), and the relevant immovables are assigned, the status of the lessor of the immovables is transferred to its assignee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、不動産の譲渡人及び譲受人が、賃貸人たる地位を譲渡人に留保する旨及びその不動産を譲受人が譲渡人に賃貸する旨の合意をしたときは、賃貸人たる地位は、譲受人に移転しない。この場合において、譲渡人と譲受人又はその承継人との間の賃貸借が終了したときは、譲渡人に留保されていた賃貸人たる地位は、譲受人又はその承継人に移転する。 art-605-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-605-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605-2/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the assignor and the assignee of immovables agree that the assignor reserves the status of lessor and that the assignee leases the immovables to the assignor, the status of lessor is not transferred to the assignee. In such a case, if a lease between the assignor and the assignee or any successor of the assignee is terminated, the status of lessor that the assignor has reserved is transferred to the assignee or any successor of the assignee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項又は前項後段の規定による賃貸人たる地位の移転は、賃貸物である不動産について所有権の移転の登記をしなければ、賃借人に対抗することができない。 art-605-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-605-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605-2/par-3 The status of lessor under the provisions of paragraph (1) or the second sentence of the preceding paragraph may not be duly asserted against the lessee unless the transfer of ownership for the immovables under lease is registered. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項又は第二項後段の規定により賃貸人たる地位が譲受人又はその承継人に移転したときは、第六百八条の規定による費用の償還に係る債務及び第六百二十二条の二第一項の規定による同項に規定する敷金の返還に係る債務は、譲受人又はその承継人が承継する。 art-605-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-605-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605-2/par-4 If the status of lessor is transferred to the assignee or any successor of the assignee pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or the second sentence of paragraph (2), the assignee or any successor of the assignee succeeds to the obligation to reimburse expenses under the provisions of Article 608 and the obligation to refund the security deposit prescribed in Article 622-2, paragraph (1) under the provisions of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-605-2/par-1: 前条 → 民法 第六百五条 (Article 605), art-605 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-605 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605 - art-605-2/par-1: 借地借家法（平成三年法律第九十号）第十条 → 借地借家法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000090/art-10 - art-605-2/par-1: 第三十一条 → 借地借家法 第三十一条 (Article 31), art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/en/land-and-building-leases-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000090/art-31 - art-605-2/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第六百五条の二第一項 (Article 605-2, paragraph (1)), art-605-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-605-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605-2/par-1 - art-605-2/par-3: 第一項 → 民法 第六百五条の二第一項 (Article 605-2, paragraph (1)), art-605-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-605-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605-2/par-1 - art-605-2/par-3: 前項 → 民法 第六百五条の二第二項 (Article 605-2, paragraph (2)), art-605-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-605-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605-2/par-2 - art-605-2/par-4: 第一項 → 民法 第六百五条の二第一項 (Article 605-2, paragraph (1)), art-605-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-605-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605-2/par-1 - art-605-2/par-4: 第二項 → 民法 第六百五条の二第二項 (Article 605-2, paragraph (2)), art-605-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-605-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605-2/par-2 - art-605-2/par-4: 第六百八条 → 民法 第六百八条 (Article 608), art-608 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-608 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-608 - art-605-2/par-4: 第六百二十二条の二第一項 → 民法 第六百二十二条の二第一項 (Article 622-2, paragraph (1)), art-622-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-622-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-622-2/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第五百八十一条第二項（買戻しの特約の対抗力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-581/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-581/par-2 - 民法 第六百五条の二第二項（不動産の賃貸人たる地位の移転） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-605-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605-2/par-2 - 民法 第六百五条の二第三項（不動産の賃貸人たる地位の移転） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-605-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605-2/par-3 - 民法 第六百五条の二第四項（不動産の賃貸人たる地位の移転） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-605-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605-2/par-4 - 民法 第六百五条の三第一項（合意による不動産の賃貸人たる地位の移転） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-605-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605-3/par-1 - 民法 第六百五条の四第一項（不動産の賃借人による妨害の停止の請求等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-605-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605-4/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