# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百二十三条 (Article 423) - 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: 第四百二十三条 (Article 423)（債権者代位権の要件） — address `art-423` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-423 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-423 - 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. --- ### 第四百二十三条（債権者代位権の要件） — (Requirements for Obligee's Right of Subrogation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-423 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-423 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-423 **第一項** 債権者は、自己の債権を保全するため必要があるときは、債務者に属する権利（以下「被代位権利」という。）を行使することができる。ただし、債務者の一身に専属する権利及び差押えを禁じられた権利は、この限りでない。 art-423/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-423/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-423/par-1 An obligee may exercise the right of the obligor (referred to as the "subrogor's right" below) when it is necessary to do so in order to preserve the obligee's own claim; provided, however, that this does not apply to rights which belong exclusively to and are personal to the obligor or rights which are immune from seizure. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 債権者は、その債権の期限が到来しない間は、被代位権利を行使することができない。ただし、保存行為は、この限りでない。 art-423/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-423/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-423/par-2 The obligee may not exercise the subrogor's right unless and until the obligee's claim becomes due; provided, however, that this does not apply to an act of preservation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 債権者は、その債権が強制執行により実現することのできないものであるときは、被代位権利を行使することができない。 art-423/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-423/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-423/par-3 The obligee may not exercise the subrogor's right if the obligee's claim is not enforceable by judicial enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不動産登記法 第五十九条第一項第七号（権利に関する登記の登記事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/real-property-registration-act/art-59/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000123/art-59/par-1/item-7 - 健康保険法 第二百四条第一項第十六号（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-204/par-1/item-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204/par-1/item-16 - 厚生年金保険法 第百条の四第一項第三十号（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-4/par-1/item-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-4/par-1/item-30 - 国民年金法 第百九条の四第一項第二十三号（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-109-4/par-1/item-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-109-4/par-1/item-23 - 民法 第五百八十二条第一項（買戻権の代位行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-582/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-582/par-1 --- ## 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