# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百五十五条 (Article 455)

- 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: 第四百五十五条 (Article 455)（催告の抗弁及び検索の抗弁の効果） — address `art-455`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第四百五十五条（催告の抗弁及び検索の抗弁の効果） — (Effect of Defense of No Demand by Obligee and Defense of Debtor's Solvency)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-455 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-455 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-455</sup>

        **第一項**  第四百五十二条又は第四百五十三条の規定により保証人の請求又は証明があったにもかかわらず、債権者が催告又は執行をすることを怠ったために主たる債務者から全部の弁済を得られなかったときは、保証人は、債権者が直ちに催告又は執行をすれば弁済を得ることができた限度において、その義務を免れる。
        <sup>art-455/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-455/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-455/par-1</sup>
        If after the guarantor makes a request or gives proof pursuant to the provisions of Article 452 or Article 453, the obligee fails to demand or to levy execution and becomes unable to obtain full performance from the principal obligor as a result of that, the guarantor is released from the obligation to the extent that the obligee would have received payment if the obligee had immediately demanded or levied execution.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-455/par-1: 第四百五十二条 → 民法 第四百五十二条 (Article 452), art-452 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-452 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-452
- art-455/par-1: 第四百五十三条 → 民法 第四百五十三条 (Article 453), art-453 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-453 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-453

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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