# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二百五十八条の二 (Article 258-2) - 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: 第二百五十八条の二 (Article 258-2) — address `art-258-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-258-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258-2 - 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. 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. --- ### 第二百五十八条の二 art-258-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-258-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258-2 **第一項** 共有物の全部又はその持分が相続財産に属する場合において、共同相続人間で当該共有物の全部又はその持分について遺産の分割をすべきときは、当該共有物又はその持分について前条の規定による分割をすることができない。 art-258-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-258-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258-2/par-1 If all, or a share of the property in co-ownership belongs to inherited property, the property in co-ownership or the share in question may not be partitioned under the provisions of the preceding Article when the coheirs make a division of inherited property with regard to all of, or a share of, the property in co-ownership. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 共有物の持分が相続財産に属する場合において、相続開始の時から十年を経過したときは、前項の規定にかかわらず、相続財産に属する共有物の持分について前条の規定による分割をすることができる。ただし、当該共有物の持分について遺産の分割の請求があった場合において、相続人が当該共有物の持分について同条の規定による分割をすることに異議の申出をしたときは、この限りでない。 art-258-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-258-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258-2/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if a share of the property in co-ownership belongs to inherited property, if ten years have passed since the time of commencement of inheritance, the share of property in co-ownership belonging to the inherited property may be partitioned in accordance with the provisions of the preceding Article; provided, however, that this does not apply if there is a request for division of inherited property with respect to the share of property in co-ownership, and an heir has filed an objection to the partition of the share of property in co-ownership in accordance with the provisions of the same Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 相続人が前項ただし書の申出をする場合には、当該申出は、当該相続人が前条第一項の規定による請求を受けた裁判所から当該請求があった旨の通知を受けた日から二箇月以内に当該裁判所にしなければならない。 art-258-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-258-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258-2/par-3 If an heir files an objection referred to in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, it must be filed with the court that received the request under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, within two months from the date on which the heir received from that court a notice to the effect that the request had been made. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-258-2/par-1: 前条 → 民法 第二百五十八条 (Article 258), art-258 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-258 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258 - art-258-2/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第二百五十八条の二第一項 (Article 258-2, paragraph (1)), art-258-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-258-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258-2/par-1 - art-258-2/par-2: 前条 → 民法 第二百五十八条 (Article 258), art-258 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-258 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258 - art-258-2/par-3: 前項 → 民法 第二百五十八条の二第二項 (Article 258-2, paragraph (2)), art-258-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-258-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258-2/par-2 - art-258-2/par-3: 前条第一項 → 民法 第二百五十八条第一項 (Article 258, paragraph (1)), art-258/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-258/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第二百五十八条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-258-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258-2/par-2 - 民法 第二百五十八条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-258-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-258-2/par-3 --- ## 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