# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百六十四条の二 (Article 664-2) - 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: 第六百六十四条の二 (Article 664-2)（損害賠償及び費用の償還の請求権についての期間の制限） — address `art-664-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-664-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-664-2 - 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. 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. --- ### 第六百六十四条の二（損害賠償及び費用の償還の請求権についての期間の制限） — (Limitation on Period of Claims for Damages and Reimbursement of Expenses) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-664-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-664-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-664-2 **第一項** 寄託物の一部滅失又は損傷によって生じた損害の賠償及び受寄者が支出した費用の償還は、寄託者が返還を受けた時から一年以内に請求しなければならない。 art-664-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-664-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-664-2/par-1 Claims for damages sustained by the bailor due to the loss or damage to part of the bailed thing and for reimbursement of expenses incurred by the bailee must be submitted within one year from the time when the bailor receives the return of the bailed thing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の損害賠償の請求権については、寄託者が返還を受けた時から一年を経過するまでの間は、時効は、完成しない。 art-664-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-664-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-664-2/par-2 With regard to the claim for damages referred to in the preceding paragraph, the prescription period does not expire until one year has passed from the time when the bailor receives the return of the bailed thing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-664-2/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第六百六十四条の二第一項 (Article 664-2, paragraph (1)), art-664-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-664-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-664-2/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第六百六十四条の二第二項（損害賠償及び費用の償還の請求権についての期間の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-664-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-664-2/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