# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百九十八条の十八 (Article 398-18)

- 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: 第三百九十八条の十八 (Article 398-18)（累積根抵当） — address `art-398-18`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-18
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### 第三百九十八条の十八（累積根抵当） — (Aggregate Revolving Mortgages)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-398-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-18</sup>

    **第一項**  数個の不動産につき根抵当権を有する者は、第三百九十八条の十六の場合を除き、各不動産の代価について、各極度額に至るまで優先権を行使することができる。
    <sup>art-398-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-18/par-1</sup>
    A person that has a revolving mortgage on several immovables may exercise the right of priority with respect to the proceeds of each immovable property up to the respective maximum amounts, except for cases provided for in Article 398-16.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-398-18/par-1: 第三百九十八条の十六 → 民法 第三百九十八条の十六 (Article 398-16), art-398-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-16

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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