# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百二十二条 (Article 422)

- 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: 第四百二十二条 (Article 422)（損害賠償による代位） — address `art-422`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-422
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-422
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### 第四百二十二条（損害賠償による代位） — (Subrogation for Damages)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-422 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-422 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-422</sup>

      **第一項**  債権者が、損害賠償として、その債権の目的である物又は権利の価額の全部の支払を受けたときは、債務者は、その物又は権利について当然に債権者に代位する。
      <sup>art-422/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-422/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-422/par-1</sup>
      If an obligee receives the full value of a thing or right which is the subject of the claim as damages, the obligor subrogates the obligee to that thing or right by operation of law.
      <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