# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百六十二条 (Article 662) - 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: 第六百六十二条 (Article 662)（寄託者による返還請求等） — address `art-662` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-662 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-662 - 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. --- ### 第六百六十二条（寄託者による返還請求等） — (Bailor's Demand for Return) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-662 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-662 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-662 **第一項** 当事者が寄託物の返還の時期を定めたときであっても、寄託者は、いつでもその返還を請求することができる。 art-662/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-662/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-662/par-1 Even if the parties specify the time for the return of the bailed thing, the bailor may demand the return of the same at any time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する場合において、受寄者は、寄託者がその時期の前に返還を請求したことによって損害を受けたときは、寄託者に対し、その賠償を請求することができる。 art-662/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-662/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-662/par-2 In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if the bailee sustains any damage because the bailor demands the return of the bailed thing before the time of return, the bailee may claim that compensation from the bailor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-662/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第六百六十二条第一項 (Article 662, paragraph (1)), art-662/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-662/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-662/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第六百六十二条第二項（寄託者による返還請求等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-662/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-662/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