# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百五十一条 (Article 551) - 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: 第五百五十一条 (Article 551)（贈与者の引渡義務等） — address `art-551` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-551 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-551 - 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. --- ### 第五百五十一条（贈与者の引渡義務等） — (Donor's Obligation to Deliver) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-551 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-551 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-551 **第一項** 贈与者は、贈与の目的である物又は権利を、贈与の目的として特定した時の状態で引き渡し、又は移転することを約したものと推定する。 art-551/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-551/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-551/par-1 The donor is presumed to have promised to deliver or transfer the thing or right that is the subject of the gift, while maintaining its condition on the time when it is specified as the subject of the gift. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 負担付贈与については、贈与者は、その負担の限度において、売主と同じく担保の責任を負う。 art-551/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-551/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-551/par-2 With respect to gifts with burden, the donor provides the same warranty as that of a seller, to the extent of that burden. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第五百九十条第一項（貸主の引渡義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-590/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-590/par-1 - 民法 第五百九十六条第一項（貸主の引渡義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-596/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-596/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