# 民法 / Civil Code — 第千七条 (Article 1007)

- 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: 第千七条 (Article 1007)（遺言執行者の任務の開始） — address `art-1007`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1007
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1007
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### 第千七条（遺言執行者の任務の開始） — (Commencement of Duties of Executor)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-1007 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1007 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1007</sup>

    **第一項**  遺言執行者が就職を承諾したときは、直ちにその任務を行わなければならない。
    <sup>art-1007/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1007/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1007/par-1</sup>
    Upon consenting to act as executor, the executor must immediately undertake the duties of that role.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  遺言執行者は、その任務を開始したときは、遅滞なく、遺言の内容を相続人に通知しなければならない。
    <sup>art-1007/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1007/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1007/par-2</sup>
    Upon commencing the duties of that role, the executor must immediately notify the heirs of the contents of the will.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 民法 附則第八条第一項（遺言執行者の権利義務等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4301-72/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-72/art-8/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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-code-20261011T170941-008, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11