# 民法 / Civil Code — 第五百九十九条 (Article 599) - 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: 第五百九十九条 (Article 599)（借主による収去等） — address `art-599` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-599 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-599 - 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. --- ### 第五百九十九条（借主による収去等） — (Removal by Borrower) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-599 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-599 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-599 **第一項** 借主は、借用物を受け取った後にこれに附属させた物がある場合において、使用貸借が終了したときは、その附属させた物を収去する義務を負う。ただし、借用物から分離することができない物又は分離するのに過分の費用を要する物については、この限りでない。 art-599/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-599/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-599/par-1 If the borrower attaches anything to the borrowed thing after receiving it, the borrower has an obligation to remove the attached thing when the loan for use is terminated; provided, however, that this does not apply to anything that is unable to be detached from the borrowed thing or that requires excessive expenses for the detachment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 借主は、借用物を受け取った後にこれに附属させた物を収去することができる。 art-599/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-599/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-599/par-2 The borrower may remove anything that the borrower has attached to the borrowed thing after receiving it. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 借主は、借用物を受け取った後にこれに生じた損傷がある場合において、使用貸借が終了したときは、その損傷を原状に復する義務を負う。ただし、その損傷が借主の責めに帰することができない事由によるものであるときは、この限りでない。 art-599/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-599/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-599/par-3 If any damage is caused to the borrowed thing after the borrower receives it, the borrower has an obligation to restore the damaged thing when the loan for use is terminated; provided, however, that this does not apply if the damage is caused due to any grounds not attributable to the borrower. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第六百二十二条第一項（使用貸借の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-622/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-622/par-1 - 民法 第千三十五条第二項（居住建物の返還等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1035/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1035/par-2 - 民法 第千四十条第二項（居住建物の返還等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1040/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1040/par-2 --- ## 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