# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九百三十四条 (Article 934) - 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: 第九百三十四条 (Article 934)（不当な弁済をした限定承認者の責任等） — address `art-934` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-934 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-934 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九百三十四条（不当な弁済をした限定承認者の責任等） — (Liability of an Heir Asserting a Qualified Acceptance Whose Payment or Delivery Is Unfair) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-934 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-934 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-934 **第一項** 限定承認者は、第九百二十七条の公告若しくは催告をすることを怠り、又は同条第一項の期間内に相続債権者若しくは受遺者に弁済をしたことによって他の相続債権者若しくは受遺者に弁済をすることができなくなったときは、これによって生じた損害を賠償する責任を負う。第九百二十九条から第九百三十一条までの規定に違反して弁済をしたときも、同様とする。 art-934/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-934/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-934/par-1 If an heir asserting a qualified acceptance fails to issue the public notice or notice to file referred to in Article 927, or if the heir's payment or delivery to a creditor of the succession or legatee within the period referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article causes the heir to become unable to make payment or delivery to another creditor of the succession or legatee, the heir is liable to compensate for damage arising from this. The same applies with regard to the liability of an heir asserting a qualified acceptance who violates any of the provisions of Article 929 through Article 931. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、情を知って不当に弁済を受けた相続債権者又は受遺者に対する他の相続債権者又は受遺者の求償を妨げない。 art-934/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-934/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-934/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not preclude a claim for indemnification by a second creditor of the succession or legatee against a first creditor of the succession or legatee that has knowingly accepted unfair payment or delivery. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第七百二十四条の規定は、前二項の場合について準用する。 art-934/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-934/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-934/par-3 The provisions of Article 724 apply mutatis mutandis to a case as referred to in one of the preceding two paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-934/par-1: 第九百二十七条 → 民法 第九百二十七条 (Article 927), art-927 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-927 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-927 - art-934/par-1: 同条第一項 → 民法 第九百二十七条第一項 (Article 927, paragraph (1)), art-927/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-927/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-927/par-1 - art-934/par-1: 第九百二十九条から第九百三十一条まで → 民法 第九百二十九条 (Article 929), art-929 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-929 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-929 - art-934/par-1: 第九百二十九条から第九百三十一条まで → 民法 第九百三十条 (Article 930), art-930 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-930 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-930 - art-934/par-1: 第九百二十九条から第九百三十一条まで → 民法 第九百三十一条 (Article 931), art-931 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-931 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-931 - art-934/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第九百三十四条第一項 (Article 934, paragraph (1)), art-934/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-934/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-934/par-1 - art-934/par-3: 第七百二十四条 → 民法 第七百二十四条 (Article 724), art-724 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-724 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-724 - art-934/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第九百三十四条第一項 (Article 934, paragraph (1)), art-934/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-934/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-934/par-1 - art-934/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第九百三十四条第二項 (Article 934, paragraph (2)), art-934/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-934/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-934/par-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第九百三十四条第二項（不当な弁済をした限定承認者の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-934/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-934/par-2 - 民法 第九百三十四条第三項（不当な弁済をした限定承認者の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-934/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-934/par-3 - 民法 第九百三十六条第三項（相続人が数人ある場合の相続財産の清算人） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-936/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-936/par-3 - 民法 第九百四十七条第三項（相続債権者及び受遺者に対する弁済） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-947/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-947/par-3 - 民法 第九百五十条第二項（相続人の債権者の請求による財産分離） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-950/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-950/par-2 - 民法 第九百五十七条第二項（相続債権者及び受遺者に対する弁済） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-957/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-957/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 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