# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百六十九条 (Article 469) - 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: 第四百六十九条 (Article 469)（債権の譲渡における相殺権） — address `art-469` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-469 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-469 - 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. --- ### 第四百六十九条（債権の譲渡における相殺権） — (Right to Set-Off upon Assignment of Claim) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-469 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-469 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-469 **第一項** 債務者は、対抗要件具備時より前に取得した譲渡人に対する債権による相殺をもって譲受人に対抗することができる。 art-469/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-469/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-469/par-1 An obligor may duly assert against the assignee a set-off based on a claim against the assignor that the obligor acquired before the time when the requirements for perfection are satisfied. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 債務者が対抗要件具備時より後に取得した譲渡人に対する債権であっても、その債権が次に掲げるものであるときは、前項と同様とする。ただし、債務者が対抗要件具備時より後に他人の債権を取得したときは、この限りでない。 art-469/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-469/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-469/par-2 The preceding paragraph also applies to a claim against the assignor that the obligor acquires after the time when the requirements for perfection are satisfied if the claim is any of the following; provided, however, that this does not apply if the obligor acquires a claim of another person after the time when the requirements for perfection are satisfied: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 対抗要件具備時より前の原因に基づいて生じた債権 art-469/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-469/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-469/par-2/item-1 a claim that has arisen from a cause that existed before the time when the requirements for perfection are satisfied; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前号に掲げるもののほか、譲受人の取得した債権の発生原因である契約に基づいて生じた債権 art-469/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-469/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-469/par-2/item-2 beyond what is stated in the preceding item, a claim that has arisen from a contract under which the claim acquired by the assignee has arisen. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第四百六十六条第四項の場合における前二項の規定の適用については、これらの規定中「対抗要件具備時」とあるのは、「第四百六十六条第四項の相当の期間を経過した時」とし、第四百六十六条の三の場合におけるこれらの規定の適用については、これらの規定中「対抗要件具備時」とあるのは、「第四百六十六条の三の規定により同条の譲受人から供託の請求を受けた時」とする。 art-469/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-469/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-469/par-3 To apply the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs in the case referred to in Article 466, paragraph (4), the phrase "at the time when the requirements for perfection are satisfied" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "at the time when a reasonable period of time referred to in Article 466, paragraph (4) has passed"; and to apply these provisions in the case referred to in Article 466-3, the phrase "at the time when the requirements for perfection are satisfied" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "at the time when the obligor receives a request from the assignee referred to in Article 466-3 to make a deposit with an official depository pursuant to the provisions of that Article". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-469/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第四百六十九条第一項 (Article 469, paragraph (1)), art-469/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-469/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-469/par-1 - art-469/par-2/item-2: 前号 → 民法 第四百六十九条第二項第一号 (Article 469, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-469/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-469/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-469/par-2/item-1 - art-469/par-3: 第四百六十六条第四項 → 民法 第四百六十六条第四項 (Article 466, paragraph (4)), art-466/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-466/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-466/par-4 - art-469/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第四百六十九条第一項 (Article 469, paragraph (1)), art-469/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-469/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-469/par-1 - art-469/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第四百六十九条第二項 (Article 469, paragraph (2)), art-469/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-469/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-469/par-2 - art-469/par-3: 第四百六十六条の三 → 民法 第四百六十六条の三 (Article 466-3), art-466-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-466-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-466-3 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第四百六十九条第二項（債権の譲渡における相殺権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-469/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-469/par-2 - 民法 第四百六十九条第二項第二号（債権の譲渡における相殺権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-469/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-469/par-2/item-2 - 民法 第四百六十九条第三項（債権の譲渡における相殺権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-469/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-469/par-3 - 民法 附則第二十二条第一項（債権の譲渡に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4291-44/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4291-44/art-22/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