# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百六十条 (Article 460) - 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: 第四百六十条 (Article 460)（委託を受けた保証人の事前の求償権） — address `art-460` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-460 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-460 - 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. --- ### 第四百六十条（委託を受けた保証人の事前の求償権） — (Right of Guarantor Guaranteeing by Request to Reimbursement in Advance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-460 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-460 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-460 **第一項** 保証人は、主たる債務者の委託を受けて保証をした場合において、次に掲げるときは、主たる債務者に対して、あらかじめ、求償権を行使することができる。 art-460/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-460/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-460/par-1 If a guarantor has given a guarantee as requested by the principal obligor, the guarantor may exercise in advance the right to reimbursement against the principal obligor if: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 主たる債務者が破産手続開始の決定を受け、かつ、債権者がその破産財団の配当に加入しないとき。 art-460/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-460/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-460/par-1/item-1 the principal obligor is subject to an order commencing bankruptcy proceeding, and the obligee does not participate in the distribution of the bankruptcy estate; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 債務が弁済期にあるとき。ただし、保証契約の後に債権者が主たる債務者に許与した期限は、保証人に対抗することができない。 art-460/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-460/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-460/par-1/item-2 the obligation is due; provided, however, that no extension of time granted by the obligee to the principal obligor after the conclusion of the guarantee contract may be duly asserted against the guarantor; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 保証人が過失なく債権者に弁済をすべき旨の裁判の言渡しを受けたとき。 art-460/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-460/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-460/par-1/item-3 the guarantor is, without negligence, rendered a judicial decision ordering the guarantor to perform the obligation to the obligee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第四百六十一条第一項（主たる債務者が保証人に対して償還をする場合） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-461/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-461/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