# 民法 / Civil Code — 第三百九十八条の二 (Article 398-2)

- 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
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- Provision: 第三百九十八条の二 (Article 398-2)（根抵当権） — address `art-398-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第三百九十八条の二（根抵当権） — (Revolving Mortgages)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-398-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-2</sup>

    **第一項**  抵当権は、設定行為で定めるところにより、一定の範囲に属する不特定の債権を極度額の限度において担保するためにも設定することができる。
    <sup>art-398-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-2/par-1</sup>
    Mortgages may be created, by an establishing act, in order to secure unspecified claims of a certain scope, up to the limit of a maximum amount.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の規定による抵当権（以下「根抵当権」という。）の担保すべき不特定の債権の範囲は、債務者との特定の継続的取引契約によって生ずるものその他債務者との一定の種類の取引によって生ずるものに限定して、定めなければならない。
    <sup>art-398-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-2/par-2</sup>
    The scope of the unspecified claims to be secured by the mortgage under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (referred to as "revolving mortgage" below) must be prescribed by limiting the scope to claims arising from specific contracts with the obligor for continuous transactions or other claims arising from certain kinds of transactions with the obligor.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  特定の原因に基づいて債務者との間に継続して生ずる債権、手形上若しくは小切手上の請求権又は電子記録債権（電子記録債権法（平成十九年法律第百二号）第二条第一項に規定する電子記録債権をいう。次条第二項において同じ。）は、前項の規定にかかわらず、根抵当権の担保すべき債権とすることができる。
    <sup>art-398-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-2/par-3</sup>
    Claims that arise continuously with the obligor pursuant to a specific cause, claims under negotiable instruments or checks, or electronically recorded monetary claims (meaning electronically recorded monetary claims prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Electronically Recorded Monetary Claims Act (Act No. 102 of 2007); the same applies in paragraph (2) of the following Article) may be treated as claims that are to be secured by a revolving mortgage, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-398-2/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第三百九十八条の二第一項 (Article 398-2, paragraph (1)), art-398-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-2/par-1
- art-398-2/par-3: 電子記録債権法（平成十九年法律第百二号）第二条第一項 → e-Gov law 419AC0000000102, 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-398-2/par-3: 次条第二項 → 民法 第三百九十八条の三第二項 (Article 398-3, paragraph (2)), art-398-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-3/par-2
- art-398-2/par-3: 前項 → 民法 第三百九十八条の二第二項 (Article 398-2, paragraph (2)), art-398-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-2/par-2

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 不動産登記法 第八十八条第一項（抵当権の登記の登記事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/real-property-registration-act/art-88/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000123/art-88/par-1
- 民法 第三百九十八条の二第二項（根抵当権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-2/par-2
- 民法 第三百九十八条の二第三項（根抵当権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-398-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-398-2/par-3
- 民法 附則第十三条第一項（根抵当権に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-13/par-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