# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百四十五条 (Article 445)

- 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: 第四百四十五条 (Article 445)（連帯債務者の一人との間の免除等と求償権） — address `art-445`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第四百四十五条（連帯債務者の一人との間の免除等と求償権） — (Release of One Joint and Several Obligor and Right to Reimbursement)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-445 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-445 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-445</sup>

      **第一項**  連帯債務者の一人に対して債務の免除がされ、又は連帯債務者の一人のために時効が完成した場合においても、他の連帯債務者は、その一人の連帯債務者に対し、第四百四十二条第一項の求償権を行使することができる。
      <sup>art-445/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-445/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-445/par-1</sup>
      Even if one of the joint and several obligors is released from the obligation or the prescription period expires for one of the joint and several obligors, other joint and several obligors may exercise the right to reimbursement referred to in Article 442, paragraph (1) against that one joint and several obligor.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-445/par-1: 第四百四十二条第一項 → 民法 第四百四十二条第一項 (Article 442, paragraph (1)), art-442/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-442/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-442/par-1

## 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