# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二百五十二条の二 (Article 252-2) - 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: 第二百五十二条の二 (Article 252-2)（共有物の管理者） — address `art-252-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-252-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-252-2 - 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. --- ### 第二百五十二条の二（共有物の管理者） — (Manager of Property in Co-ownership) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-252-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-252-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-252-2 **第一項** 共有物の管理者は、共有物の管理に関する行為をすることができる。ただし、共有者の全員の同意を得なければ、共有物に変更（その形状又は効用の著しい変更を伴わないものを除く。次項において同じ。）を加えることができない。 art-252-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-252-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-252-2/par-1 A manager of the property in co-ownership may perform any act relating to the management of the property in co-ownership; provided, however, that no co-owner may make changes (excluding those that do not involve an extreme change in the shape or function; the same applies in the following paragraph) to the property in co-ownership without the consent of all co-owners. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 共有物の管理者が共有者を知ることができず、又はその所在を知ることができないときは、裁判所は、共有物の管理者の請求により、当該共有者以外の共有者の同意を得て共有物に変更を加えることができる旨の裁判をすることができる。 art-252-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-252-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-252-2/par-2 If a manager of the property in co-ownership is unable to ascertain the identity of a co-owner or their whereabouts, the court, at the request of the manager of the property in co-ownership, may render a judicial decision to the effect that changes may be made to the property in co-ownership with the consent of the co-owners other than the co-owner. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 共有物の管理者は、共有者が共有物の管理に関する事項を決した場合には、これに従ってその職務を行わなければならない。 art-252-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-252-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-252-2/par-3 When the co-owners have decided on particulars regarding the management of the property in co-ownership, a manager of the property in co-ownership must perform the manager's duties in accordance with their decisions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定に違反して行った共有物の管理者の行為は、共有者に対してその効力を生じない。ただし、共有者は、これをもって善意の第三者に対抗することができない。 art-252-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-252-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-252-2/par-4 Any acts of a manager of the property in co-ownership performed in violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph have no effect on the co-owners; provided, however, that this may not be duly asserted by a co-owner against a third party acting in good faith. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-252-2/par-1: 次項 → 民法 第二百五十二条の二第二項 (Article 252-2, paragraph (2)), art-252-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-252-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-252-2/par-2 - art-252-2/par-4: 前項 → 民法 第二百五十二条の二第三項 (Article 252-2, paragraph (3)), art-252-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-252-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-252-2/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第二百五十二条第一項（共有物の管理） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-252/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-252/par-1 - 民法 第二百五十二条の二第一項（共有物の管理者） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-252-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-252-2/par-1 - 民法 第二百五十二条の二第四項（共有物の管理者） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-252-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-252-2/par-4 --- ## 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