# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百九十八条の十二 (Article 398-12) - 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: 第三百九十八条の十二 (Article 398-12)（根抵当権の譲渡） — address `art-398-12` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-12 - 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. --- ### 第三百九十八条の十二（根抵当権の譲渡） — (Assignments of Revolving Mortgages) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-398-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-12 **第一項** 元本の確定前においては、根抵当権者は、根抵当権設定者の承諾を得て、その根抵当権を譲り渡すことができる。 art-398-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-12/par-1 Before the principal is fixed, a revolving mortgagee may assign a revolving mortgage, with the approval of the mortgagor of the revolving mortgage. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 根抵当権者は、その根抵当権を二個の根抵当権に分割して、その一方を前項の規定により譲り渡すことができる。この場合において、その根抵当権を目的とする権利は、譲り渡した根抵当権について消滅する。 art-398-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-12/par-2 A revolving mortgagee may divide the revolving mortgage into two revolving mortgages and assign either of the same pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, the rights for which that revolving mortgage is the subject is extinguished with respect to the revolving mortgage that was assigned. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定による譲渡をするには、その根抵当権を目的とする権利を有する者の承諾を得なければならない。 art-398-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-12/par-3 In order to effect an assignment under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the approval of the person that holds the rights for which that revolving mortgage is the subject must be obtained. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-398-12/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第三百九十八条の十二第一項 (Article 398-12, paragraph (1)), art-398-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-12/par-1 - art-398-12/par-3: 前項 → 民法 第三百九十八条の十二第二項 (Article 398-12, paragraph (2)), art-398-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-12/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第三百九十八条の十二第二項（根抵当権の譲渡） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-12/par-2 - 民法 第三百九十八条の十二第三項（根抵当権の譲渡） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-12/par-3 - 民法 第三百九十八条の十四第二項（根抵当権の共有） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-14/par-2 - 民法 附則第三条第一項（新法の適用の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-1 - 民法 附則第三条第二項（新法の適用の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-3461-99/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3461-99/art-3/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