# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百八十五条 (Article 385)

- 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: 第三百八十五条 (Article 385)（競売の申立ての通知） — address `art-385`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-385
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-385
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### 第三百八十五条（競売の申立ての通知） — (Notice of Petitions for Auction)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-385 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-385 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-385</sup>

    **第一項**  第三百八十三条各号に掲げる書面の送付を受けた債権者は、前条第一号の申立てをするときは、同号の期間内に、債務者及び抵当不動産の譲渡人にその旨を通知しなければならない。
    <sup>art-385/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-385/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-385/par-1</sup>
    If an obligee that has received the documents stated in each item of Article 383 files a petition under item (i) of the preceding Article, that obligee must give notice to that effect to the obligor and assignor of the mortgaged immovables within the period under that item.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-385/par-1: 第三百八十三条 → 民法 第三百八十三条 (Article 383), art-383 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-383 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-383
- art-385/par-1: 前条第一号 → 民法 第三百八十四条第一項第一号 (Article 384, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-384/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-384/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-384/par-1/item-1

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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