# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百四条 (Article 304) - 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: 第三百四条 (Article 304)（物上代位） — address `art-304` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-304 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-304 - 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. --- ### 第三百四条（物上代位） — (Extension of Security Interest to Proceeds of Collateral) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-304 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-304 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-304 **第一項** 先取特権は、その目的物の売却、賃貸、滅失又は損傷によって債務者が受けるべき金銭その他の物に対しても、行使することができる。ただし、先取特権者は、その払渡し又は引渡しの前に差押えをしなければならない。 art-304/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-304/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-304/par-1 A statutory lien may also be exercised against things including monies that the obligor is to receive as a result of the sale, lease or loss of, or damage to, the subject matter of the statutory lien; provided, however, that the holder of the statutory lien must attach the same before the payment or delivery of the monies or other thing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 債務者が先取特権の目的物につき設定した物権の対価についても、前項と同様とする。 art-304/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-304/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-304/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph also apply to the consideration for real rights created by the obligor on the subject matter of the statutory lien. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-304/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第三百四条第一項 (Article 304, paragraph (1)), art-304/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-304/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-304/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第三百四条第二項（物上代位） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-304/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-304/par-2 - 民法 第三百五十条第一項（留置権及び先取特権の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-350/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-350/par-1 - 民法 第三百七十二条第一項（留置権等の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-372/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-372/par-1 - 民法 第三百九十八条の二十第一項第一号（根抵当権の元本の確定事由） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-20/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-20/par-1/item-1 - 民法 第九百四十六条第一項（物上代位の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-946/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-946/par-1 - 民法 第九百五十条第二項（相続人の債権者の請求による財産分離） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-950/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-950/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 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