# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百三十六条 (Article 436)

- 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: 第四百三十六条 (Article 436)（連帯債務者に対する履行の請求） — address `art-436`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第四百三十六条（連帯債務者に対する履行の請求） — (Request to Joint and Several Obligors for Performance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-436 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-436 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-436</sup>

      **第一項**  債務の目的がその性質上可分である場合において、法令の規定又は当事者の意思表示によって数人が連帯して債務を負担するときは、債権者は、その連帯債務者の一人に対し、又は同時に若しくは順次に全ての連帯債務者に対し、全部又は一部の履行を請求することができる。
      <sup>art-436/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-436/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-436/par-1</sup>
      If the subject of an obligation is indivisible by nature, and two or more persons bear the obligation jointly and severally based on the provisions of laws and regulations or the manifestation of intention of the parties, the obligee may request one of the joint and several obligors, or all of the joint and several obligors, simultaneously or successively, to perform the obligation, in whole or in part.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 国税通則法 第八条第一項（国税の連帯納付義務についての民法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-tax-general-rules-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/337AC0000000066/art-8/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