# 民法 / Civil Code — 第六百二十二条の二 (Article 622-2)

- 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: 第六百二十二条の二 (Article 622-2) — address `art-622-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第六百二十二条の二
<sup>art-622-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-622-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-622-2</sup>

      **第一項**  賃貸人は、敷金（いかなる名目によるかを問わず、賃料債務その他の賃貸借に基づいて生ずる賃借人の賃貸人に対する金銭の給付を目的とする債務を担保する目的で、賃借人が賃貸人に交付する金銭をいう。以下この条において同じ。）を受け取っている場合において、次に掲げるときは、賃借人に対し、その受け取った敷金の額から賃貸借に基づいて生じた賃借人の賃貸人に対する金銭の給付を目的とする債務の額を控除した残額を返還しなければならない。
      <sup>art-622-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-622-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-622-2/par-1</sup>
      If a lessor receives a security deposit (meaning money to be delivered by the lessee to the lessor under any name, for the purpose of securing an obligation to pay money that is owed by the lessee to the lessor based on a lease, such as an obligation to pay rent; the same applies in this Article below), the lessor must return to the lessee the amount that remains after deducting the amount of the obligation to pay money that is owed by the lessee to the lessor based on the lease, from the amount of security deposit received, in the following cases:
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  賃貸借が終了し、かつ、賃貸物の返還を受けたとき。
        <sup>art-622-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-622-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-622-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
        if the lease is terminated, and the lessor receives the return of the leased thing; or
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  賃借人が適法に賃借権を譲り渡したとき。
        <sup>art-622-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-622-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-622-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
        if the lessee assigns the lease lawfully.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  賃貸人は、賃借人が賃貸借に基づいて生じた金銭の給付を目的とする債務を履行しないときは、敷金をその債務の弁済に充てることができる。この場合において、賃借人は、賃貸人に対し、敷金をその債務の弁済に充てることを請求することができない。
      <sup>art-622-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-622-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-622-2/par-2</sup>
      If the lessee fails to perform an obligation to pay money based on the lease, the lessor may appropriate the security deposit to the payment of the obligation. In such a case, the lessee may not demand that the lessor appropriate the security deposit to the payment of the obligation.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-622-2/par-1: この条 → 民法 第六百二十二条の二 (Article 622-2), art-622-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-622-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-622-2

## Cited by

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

- 民法 第三百十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-316/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-316/par-1
- 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
- 民法 第六百十九条第二項（賃貸借の更新の推定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-619/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-619/par-2
- 民法 第六百二十二条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-622-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-622-2/par-1

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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