# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百六十四条 (Article 464)

- 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: 第四百六十四条 (Article 464)（連帯債務又は不可分債務の保証人の求償権） — address `art-464`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第四百六十四条（連帯債務又は不可分債務の保証人の求償権） — (Right to Reimbursement of Guarantor for Joint and Several Obligation or Indivisible Obligation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-464 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-464 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-464</sup>

        **第一項**  連帯債務者又は不可分債務者の一人のために保証をした者は、他の債務者に対し、その負担部分のみについて求償権を有する。
        <sup>art-464/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-464/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-464/par-1</sup>
        A person that has become a guarantor for one of the joint and several obligors or for one of the indivisible obligors has the right to reimbursement from the other obligors only to the extent of that person's share of the obligation.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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