# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百七十二条 (Article 572)

- 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: 第五百七十二条 (Article 572)（担保責任を負わない旨の特約） — address `art-572`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-572
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### 第五百七十二条（担保責任を負わない旨の特約） — (Special Agreement Disclaiming Warranty)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-572 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-572 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-572</sup>

      **第一項**  売主は、第五百六十二条第一項本文又は第五百六十五条に規定する場合における担保の責任を負わない旨の特約をしたときであっても、知りながら告げなかった事実及び自ら第三者のために設定し又は第三者に譲り渡した権利については、その責任を免れることができない。
      <sup>art-572/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-572/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-572/par-1</sup>
      Even if the seller makes a special agreement to the effect that the seller does not warrant in the case prescribed in the main clause of Article 562, paragraph (1) or Article 565, the seller may not be released from that responsibility with respect to any fact that the seller knew but did not disclose, and with respect to any right that the seller personally created for or assigned to a third party.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-572/par-1: 第五百六十二条第一項 → 民法 第五百六十二条第一項 (Article 562, paragraph (1)), art-562/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-562/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-562/par-1
- art-572/par-1: 第五百六十五条 → 民法 第五百六十五条 (Article 565), art-565 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-565 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-565

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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