# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二百三十四条 (Article 234) - 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: 第二百三十四条 (Article 234)（境界線付近の建築の制限） — address `art-234` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-234 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-234 - 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. --- ### 第二百三十四条（境界線付近の建築の制限） — (Restrictions on Buildings near Boundary Lines) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-234 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-234 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-234 **第一項** 建物を築造するには、境界線から五十センチメートル以上の距離を保たなければならない。 art-234/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-234/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-234/par-1 In order to construct a building, the building must be distanced 50 centimeters or more away from the boundary line. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定に違反して建築をしようとする者があるときは、隣地の所有者は、その建築を中止させ、又は変更させることができる。ただし、建築に着手した時から一年を経過し、又はその建物が完成した後は、損害賠償の請求のみをすることができる。 art-234/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-234/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-234/par-2 If a person attempts to construct a building in violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the owner of the neighboring land may have the construction suspended or changed; provided, however, that if one year passes from the time when that construction started or if that building is completed, the owner may only claim for damages. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-234/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第二百三十四条第一項 (Article 234, paragraph (1)), art-234/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-234/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-234/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第二百三十四条第二項（境界線付近の建築の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-234/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-234/par-2 - 民法 第二百三十六条第一項（境界線付近の建築に関する慣習） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-236/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-236/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 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