# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百八条 (Article 608) - 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: 第六百八条 (Article 608)（賃借人による費用の償還請求） — address `art-608` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-608 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-608 - 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. --- ### 第六百八条（賃借人による費用の償還請求） — (Lessee's Demand for Reimbursement of Costs) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-608 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-608 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-608 **第一項** 賃借人は、賃借物について賃貸人の負担に属する必要費を支出したときは、賃貸人に対し、直ちにその償還を請求することができる。 art-608/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-608/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-608/par-1 If a lessee has defrayed necessary expenses with respect to the leased thing which ought to be borne by the lessor, the lessee may immediately demand the reimbursement of the same from the lessor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 賃借人が賃借物について有益費を支出したときは、賃貸人は、賃貸借の終了の時に、第百九十六条第二項の規定に従い、その償還をしなければならない。ただし、裁判所は、賃貸人の請求により、その償還について相当の期限を許与することができる。 art-608/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-608/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-608/par-2 If the lessee has incurred beneficial expenses with respect to the leased thing, the lessor must reimburse those expenses on termination of the lease in compliance with the provisions of Article 196, paragraph (2); provided, however, that the court may, at the lessor's request, grant a reasonable period of time for the reimbursement of the same. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-608/par-2: 第百九十六条第二項 → 民法 第百九十六条第二項 (Article 196, paragraph (2)), art-196/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-196/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-196/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第六百五条の二第四項（不動産の賃貸人たる地位の移転） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-605-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-605-2/par-4 --- ## 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