# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百一条 (Article 501)

- 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
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- Provision: 第五百一条 (Article 501)（弁済による代位の効果） — address `art-501`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第五百一条（弁済による代位の効果） — (Effect of Subrogation by Performance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-501 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501</sup>

        **第一項**  前二条の規定により債権者に代位した者は、債権の効力及び担保としてその債権者が有していた一切の権利を行使することができる。
        <sup>art-501/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-1</sup>
        A person that is subrogated to the claim of the obligee pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles may exercise all rights possessed by the obligee as the effect of, and as a security for, the claim held by the obligee.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **第二項**  前項の規定による権利の行使は、債権者に代位した者が自己の権利に基づいて債務者に対して求償をすることができる範囲内（保証人の一人が他の保証人に対して債権者に代位する場合には、自己の権利に基づいて当該他の保証人に対して求償をすることができる範囲内）に限り、することができる。
        <sup>art-501/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-2</sup>
        The exercise of rights under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is allowed only to the extent that the person that is subrogated to the claim of the obligee is entitled to seek reimbursement from the obligor based on the person's own rights (if one of the guarantors is subrogated to the claim of the obligee in relation to other guarantors, only to the extent that the guarantor is entitled to seek reimbursement from the other guarantors based on that guarantor's own rights).
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **第三項**  第一項の場合には、前項の規定によるほか、次に掲げるところによる。
        <sup>art-501/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-3</sup>
        In the case referred to in paragraph (1), the following provisions apply in addition to the provisions of the preceding paragraph:
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

          **一**  第三取得者（債務者から担保の目的となっている財産を譲り受けた者をいう。以下この項において同じ。）は、保証人及び物上保証人に対して債権者に代位しない。
          <sup>art-501/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-3/item-1</sup>
          a third party acquirer (meaning a person that has acquired from the obligor the property that is the subject of security; the same applies in this paragraph below) is not subrogated to the claim of the obligee in relation to any guarantors or third-party collateral providers;
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

          **二**  第三取得者の一人は、各財産の価格に応じて、他の第三取得者に対して債権者に代位する。
          <sup>art-501/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-3/item-2</sup>
          one of the third party acquirers is subrogated to the claim of the obligee in relation to other third party acquirers in proportion to the price of each property;
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

          **三**  前号の規定は、物上保証人の一人が他の物上保証人に対して債権者に代位する場合について準用する。
          <sup>art-501/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-3/item-3</sup>
          the provisions of the preceding item apply mutatis mutandis if one of the third-party collateral providers is subrogated to the claim of the obligee in relation to other third-party collateral providers;
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

          **四**  保証人と物上保証人との間においては、その数に応じて、債権者に代位する。ただし、物上保証人が数人あるときは、保証人の負担部分を除いた残額について、各財産の価格に応じて、債権者に代位する。
          <sup>art-501/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-3/item-4</sup>
          between a guarantor and a third-party collateral provider, the subrogation to the claim of the obligee is effected depending on the number of these persons involved; provided, however, that if there are two or more third-party collateral providers, they are subrogated to the claim of the obligee in proportion to the price of each property with respect to the amount which remains after deduction of the share of the guarantor; and
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

          **五**  第三取得者から担保の目的となっている財産を譲り受けた者は、第三取得者とみなして第一号及び第二号の規定を適用し、物上保証人から担保の目的となっている財産を譲り受けた者は、物上保証人とみなして第一号、第三号及び前号の規定を適用する。
          <sup>art-501/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-3/item-5</sup>
          a person that has acquired from a third party acquirer the property that is the subject of security is deemed to be a third party acquirer, and the provisions of items (i) and (ii) apply thereto; and a person that has acquired from a third-party collateral provider the property that is the subject of security is deemed to be a third-party collateral provider, and the provisions of items (i) and (iii) and the preceding item apply thereto.
          <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-501/par-1: 前二条 → 民法 第四百九十九条 (Article 499), art-499 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-499 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-499
- art-501/par-1: 前二条 → 民法 第五百条 (Article 500), art-500 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-500 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-500
- art-501/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第五百一条第一項 (Article 501, paragraph (1)), art-501/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-1
- art-501/par-3: 第一項 → 民法 第五百一条第一項 (Article 501, paragraph (1)), art-501/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-1
- art-501/par-3: 前項 → 民法 第五百一条第二項 (Article 501, paragraph (2)), art-501/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-2
- art-501/par-3/item-1: この項 → 民法 第五百一条第三項 (Article 501, paragraph (3)), art-501/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-3
- art-501/par-3/item-3: 前号 → 民法 第五百一条第三項第二号 (Article 501, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-501/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-3/item-2
- art-501/par-3/item-5: 第一号 → 民法 第五百一条第三項第一号 (Article 501, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-501/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-3/item-1
- art-501/par-3/item-5: 第二号 → 民法 第五百一条第三項第二号 (Article 501, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-501/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-3/item-2
- art-501/par-3/item-5: 第三号 → 民法 第五百一条第三項第三号 (Article 501, paragraph (3), item (iii)), art-501/par-3/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-3/item-3
- art-501/par-3/item-5: 前号 → 民法 第五百一条第三項第四号 (Article 501, paragraph (3), item (iv)), art-501/par-3/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-3/item-4

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民法 第五百一条第二項（弁済による代位の効果） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-2
- 民法 第五百一条第三項（弁済による代位の効果） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-3
- 民法 第五百一条第三項第一号（弁済による代位の効果） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-3/item-1
- 民法 第五百一条第三項第三号（弁済による代位の効果） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-3/item-3
- 民法 第五百一条第三項第五号（弁済による代位の効果） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-501/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-501/par-3/item-5

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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