# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百三十五条 (Article 335) - 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: 第三百三十五条 (Article 335)（一般の先取特権の効力） — address `art-335` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-335 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-335 - 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. --- ### 第三百三十五条（一般の先取特権の効力） — (Effect of General Statutory Liens) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-335 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-335 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-335 **第一項** 一般の先取特権者は、まず不動産以外の財産から弁済を受け、なお不足があるのでなければ、不動産から弁済を受けることができない。 art-335/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-335/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-335/par-1 Holders of general statutory liens may not be paid out of immovables unless they are first paid out of property other than immovables and a claim that is not satisfied remains. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 一般の先取特権者は、不動産については、まず特別担保の目的とされていないものから弁済を受けなければならない。 art-335/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-335/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-335/par-2 With respect to immovables, holders of general statutory liens must first be paid out of those that are not the subject of special security. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 一般の先取特権者は、前二項の規定に従って配当に加入することを怠ったときは、その配当加入をしたならば弁済を受けることができた額については、登記をした第三者に対してその先取特権を行使することができない。 art-335/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-335/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-335/par-3 If holders of general statutory liens fail to participate in distributions in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, they may not exercise their statutory liens against registered third parties with respect to amounts that would have been paid to them if they had participated in the distribution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項の規定は、不動産以外の財産の代価に先立って不動産の代価を配当し、又は他の不動産の代価に先立って特別担保の目的である不動産の代価を配当する場合には、適用しない。 art-335/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-335/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-335/par-4 The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply if the proceeds of immovables are distributed before the proceeds of assets other than immovables, or if the proceeds of immovables that are the subject of a special security are distributed before the proceeds of other immovables. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-335/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第三百三十五条第一項 (Article 335, paragraph (1)), art-335/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-335/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-335/par-1 - art-335/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第三百三十五条第二項 (Article 335, paragraph (2)), art-335/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-335/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-335/par-2 - art-335/par-4: 前三項 → 民法 第三百三十五条第一項 (Article 335, paragraph (1)), art-335/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-335/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-335/par-1 - art-335/par-4: 前三項 → 民法 第三百三十五条第二項 (Article 335, paragraph (2)), art-335/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-335/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-335/par-2 - art-335/par-4: 前三項 → 民法 第三百三十五条第三項 (Article 335, paragraph (3)), art-335/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-335/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-335/par-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第三百三十五条第三項（一般の先取特権の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-335/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-335/par-3 - 民法 第三百三十五条第四項（一般の先取特権の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-335/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-335/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