# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四百九十七条 (Article 497) - 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: 第四百九十七条 (Article 497)（供託に適しない物等） — address `art-497` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-497 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-497 - 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. --- ### 第四百九十七条（供託に適しない物等） — (Things Not Suitable for Deposit) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-497 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-497 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-497 **第一項** 弁済者は、次に掲げる場合には、裁判所の許可を得て、弁済の目的物を競売に付し、その代金を供託することができる。 art-497/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-497/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-497/par-1 In the following cases, the performer may, with the permission of the court, sell the thing that is the subject matter of performance at public auction and deposit the proceeds of the sales with an official depository: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** その物が供託に適しないとき。 art-497/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-497/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-497/par-1/item-1 the thing is not suitable for deposit; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** その物について滅失、損傷その他の事由による価格の低落のおそれがあるとき。 art-497/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-497/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-497/par-1/item-2 the price of the thing is likely to decline due to causes such as loss and damage; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** その物の保存について過分の費用を要するとき。 art-497/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-497/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-497/par-1/item-3 excessive expenses are required for the preservation of the thing; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前三号に掲げる場合のほか、その物を供託することが困難な事情があるとき。 art-497/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-497/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-497/par-1/item-4 beyond the cases stated in the preceding three items, there are circumstances that make it difficult to deposit the thing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-497/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 民法 第四百九十七条第一項第一号 (Article 497, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-497/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-497/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-497/par-1/item-1 - art-497/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 民法 第四百九十七条第一項第二号 (Article 497, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-497/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-497/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-497/par-1/item-2 - art-497/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 民法 第四百九十七条第一項第三号 (Article 497, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-497/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-497/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-497/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第四百九十七条第一項第四号（供託に適しない物等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-497/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-497/par-1/item-4 - 民法 第四百九十八条第一項（供託物の還付請求等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-498/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-498/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