# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九百二十一条 (Article 921) - 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: 第九百二十一条 (Article 921)（法定単純承認） — address `art-921` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-921 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-921 - 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. --- ### 第九百二十一条（法定単純承認） — (Statutory Unconditional Acceptance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-921 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-921 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-921 **第一項** 次に掲げる場合には、相続人は、単純承認をしたものとみなす。 art-921/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-921/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-921/par-1 An heir is deemed to have accepted the succession unconditionally if: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 相続人が相続財産の全部又は一部を処分したとき。ただし、保存行為及び第六百二条に定める期間を超えない賃貸をすることは、この限りでない。 art-921/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-921/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-921/par-1/item-1 the heir disposes of the estate in whole or in part; provided, however, that this does not apply to an act of preservation or a lease that does not exceed the period prescribed in Article 602; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 相続人が第九百十五条第一項の期間内に限定承認又は相続の放棄をしなかったとき。 art-921/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-921/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-921/par-1/item-2 the heir does not assert a qualified acceptance or renounce the succession within the period referred to in Article 915, paragraph (1); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 相続人が、限定承認又は相続の放棄をした後であっても、相続財産の全部若しくは一部を隠匿し、私にこれを消費し、又は悪意でこれを相続財産の目録中に記載しなかったとき。ただし、その相続人が相続の放棄をしたことによって相続人となった者が相続の承認をした後は、この限りでない。 art-921/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-921/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-921/par-1/item-3 the heir, even after asserting a qualified acceptance or renouncing the succession, conceals the whole or part of the estate, personally expends the whole or part thereof, or knowingly fails to enter the whole or part thereof in the inventory of the estate; provided, however, that this does not apply if the original heir does so after the acceptance of the succession by a person who becomes an heir due to the original heir's renunciation of the succession. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-921/par-1/item-1: 第六百二条 → 民法 第六百二条 (Article 602), art-602 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-602 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-602 - art-921/par-1/item-2: 第九百十五条第一項 → 民法 第九百十五条第一項 (Article 915, paragraph (1)), art-915/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-915/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-915/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第九百三十七条第一項（法定単純承認の事由がある場合の相続債権者） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-937/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-937/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 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