# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九百四十一条 (Article 941) - 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: 第九百四十一条 (Article 941)（相続債権者又は受遺者の請求による財産分離） — address `art-941` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-941 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-941 - 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. --- ### 第九百四十一条（相続債権者又は受遺者の請求による財産分離） — (Separation of Patrimony at the Request of a Creditor of the Succession or Legatee) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-941 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-941 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-941 **第一項** 相続債権者又は受遺者は、相続開始の時から三箇月以内に、相続人の財産の中から相続財産を分離することを家庭裁判所に請求することができる。相続財産が相続人の固有財産と混合しない間は、その期間の満了後も、同様とする。 art-941/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-941/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-941/par-1 A creditor of the succession or a legatee may file a request with the family court for the decedent's estate to be separated from the property of an heir, within three months of the time the succession opens. The same applies with respect to the filing of such a request even after that period has elapsed, if the decedent's estate has not been mixed with the heir's personal property. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家庭裁判所が前項の請求によって財産分離を命じたときは、その請求をした者は、五日以内に、他の相続債権者及び受遺者に対し、財産分離の命令があったこと及び一定の期間内に配当加入の申出をすべき旨を公告しなければならない。この場合において、その期間は、二箇月を下ることができない。 art-941/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-941/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-941/par-2 If the family court orders a separation of patrimony based on a request as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the person filing the request must issue public notice within five days indicating that an order for a separation of patrimony has been issued and that petitions for participation in the distribution must be filed within a specified period. This period, in such a case, may not be of less than two months. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定による公告は、官報に掲載してする。 art-941/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-941/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-941/par-3 The public notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is issued by publication in the Official Gazette. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-941/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第九百四十一条第一項 (Article 941, paragraph (1)), art-941/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-941/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-941/par-1 - art-941/par-3: 前項 → 民法 第九百四十一条第二項 (Article 941, paragraph (2)), art-941/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-941/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-941/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第九百四十一条第二項（相続債権者又は受遺者の請求による財産分離） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-941/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-941/par-2 - 民法 第九百四十一条第三項（相続債権者又は受遺者の請求による財産分離） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-941/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-941/par-3 - 民法 第九百四十二条第一項（財産分離の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-942/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-942/par-1 - 民法 第九百四十七条第一項（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-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-947/par-1 - 民法 第九百四十七条第二項（相続債権者及び受遺者に対する弁済） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-947/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-947/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