# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百六十条 (Article 660) - 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: 第六百六十条 (Article 660)（受寄者の通知義務等） — address `art-660` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-660 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-660 - 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. --- ### 第六百六十条（受寄者の通知義務等） — (Obligation of Bailee to Give Notice) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-660 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-660 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-660 **第一項** 寄託物について権利を主張する第三者が受寄者に対して訴えを提起し、又は差押え、仮差押え若しくは仮処分をしたときは、受寄者は、遅滞なくその事実を寄託者に通知しなければならない。ただし、寄託者が既にこれを知っているときは、この限りでない。 art-660/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-660/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-660/par-1 If a third party claiming rights with respect to the bailed thing has filed a lawsuit against the bailee, or has effected a seizure, provisional seizure, or provisional disposition, the bailee must notify the bailor of that fact without delay; provided, however, that this does not apply if the bailor already knows it. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第三者が寄託物について権利を主張する場合であっても、受寄者は、寄託者の指図がない限り、寄託者に対しその寄託物を返還しなければならない。ただし、受寄者が前項の通知をした場合又は同項ただし書の規定によりその通知を要しない場合において、その寄託物をその第三者に引き渡すべき旨を命ずる確定判決（確定判決と同一の効力を有するものを含む。）があったときであって、その第三者にその寄託物を引き渡したときは、この限りでない。 art-660/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-660/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-660/par-2 Even if a third party claims a right for the bailed thing, the bailee must return the bailed thing to the bailor unless the bailor gives instructions to the contrary; provided, however, that this does not apply if the bailee notifies the bailor in advance referred to in the preceding paragraph or is not required to notify pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to that paragraph, and the bailee delivers the bailed thing to a third party based on a final and binding judgment (including anything that has the same effect as a final and binding judgment) ordering the delivery of the bailed thing to that third party. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 受寄者は、前項の規定により寄託者に対して寄託物を返還しなければならない場合には、寄託者にその寄託物を引き渡したことによって第三者に損害が生じたときであっても、その賠償の責任を負わない。 art-660/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-660/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-660/par-3 If the bailee is required to return the bailed thing to the bailor pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the bailee is not liable to compensate for any damage sustained by a third party due to the delivery of the bailed thing to the bailor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-660/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第六百六十条第一項 (Article 660, paragraph (1)), art-660/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-660/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-660/par-1 - art-660/par-3: 前項 → 民法 第六百六十条第二項 (Article 660, paragraph (2)), art-660/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-660/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-660/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第六百六十条第二項（受寄者の通知義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-660/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-660/par-2 - 民法 第六百六十条第三項（受寄者の通知義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-660/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-660/par-3 --- ## 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