# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百六十九条 (Article 369)

- 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: 第三百六十九条 (Article 369)（抵当権の内容） — address `art-369`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-369
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-369
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### 第三百六十九条（抵当権の内容） — (Content of Mortgages)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-369 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-369 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-369</sup>

    **第一項**  抵当権者は、債務者又は第三者が占有を移転しないで債務の担保に供した不動産について、他の債権者に先立って自己の債権の弁済を受ける権利を有する。
    <sup>art-369/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-369/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-369/par-1</sup>
    A mortgagee has the right to have the mortgagee's claim satisfied before other obligees out of the immovables that the obligor or a third party provided to secure the obligation without transferring possession.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  地上権及び永小作権も、抵当権の目的とすることができる。この場合においては、この章の規定を準用する。
    <sup>art-369/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-369/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-369/par-2</sup>
    Superficies and farming rights may be the subject of a mortgage. In this case, the provisions of this Chapter apply mutatis mutandis.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## 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