# 民法 / Civil Code — 第七百十七条 (Article 717) - 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: 第七百十七条 (Article 717)（土地の工作物等の占有者及び所有者の責任） — address `art-717` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-717 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-717 - 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. --- ### 第七百十七条（土地の工作物等の占有者及び所有者の責任） — (Liability of Possessor and Owner of Structure on Land) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-717 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-717 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-717 **第一項** 土地の工作物の設置又は保存に瑕疵があることによって他人に損害を生じたときは、その工作物の占有者は、被害者に対してその損害を賠償する責任を負う。ただし、占有者が損害の発生を防止するのに必要な注意をしたときは、所有者がその損害を賠償しなければならない。 art-717/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-717/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-717/par-1 If a defect in the installation or preservation of a structure on land causes damage to another person, the possessor of that structure is liable to the person incurring damage to compensate for the damage; provided, however, that if the possessor has exercised the necessary care to prevent the damage, the owner must compensate for the damage. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、竹木の栽植又は支持に瑕疵がある場合について準用する。 art-717/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-717/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-717/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if there is a defect in the planting or supporting of bamboo or trees. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の場合において、損害の原因について他にその責任を負う者があるときは、占有者又は所有者は、その者に対して求償権を行使することができる。 art-717/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-717/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-717/par-3 In the cases referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, if there is another person that is liable for the cause of the damage, the possessor or owner may exercise their right to reimbursement against that person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-717/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第七百十七条第一項 (Article 717, paragraph (1)), art-717/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-717/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-717/par-1 - art-717/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第七百十七条第一項 (Article 717, paragraph (1)), art-717/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-717/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-717/par-1 - art-717/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第七百十七条第二項 (Article 717, paragraph (2)), art-717/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-717/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-717/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第七百十七条第二項（土地の工作物等の占有者及び所有者の責任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-717/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-717/par-2 - 民法 第七百十七条第三項（土地の工作物等の占有者及び所有者の責任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-717/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-717/par-3 --- ## 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