# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九百十三条 (Article 913)

- 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: 第九百十三条 (Article 913)（資力のない共同相続人がある場合の担保責任の分担） — address `art-913`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第九百十三条（資力のない共同相続人がある場合の担保責任の分担） — (Sharing of Liability under a Warranty or Guaranty; Coheir Is Insolvent)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-913 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-913 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-913</sup>

    **第一項**  担保の責任を負う共同相続人中に償還をする資力のない者があるときは、その償還することができない部分は、求償者及び他の資力のある者が、それぞれその相続分に応じて分担する。ただし、求償者に過失があるときは、他の共同相続人に対して分担を請求することができない。
    <sup>art-913/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-913/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-913/par-1</sup>
    If, among the coheirs who are liable to one another under a warranty or guaranty, there is an heir who is without the financial means to reimburse one of the others, the portion that the insolvent heir is unable to reimburse is shared among the heir seeking reimbursement and the other solvent heirs, in proportion to their shares of the estate; provided, however, that if there is negligence on the part of the heir seeking reimbursement, that heir may not request that the other coheirs share liability.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民法 第九百十四条第一項（遺言による担保責任の定め） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-914/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-914/par-1

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## 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 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4275/tb), 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