# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百五十三条 (Article 853) - 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: 第八百五十三条 (Article 853)（財産の調査及び目録の作成） — address `art-853` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-853 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-853 - 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. --- ### 第八百五十三条（財産の調査及び目録の作成） — (Searching for Assets, Preparing an Inventory) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-853 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-853 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-853 **第一項** 後見人は、遅滞なく被後見人の財産の調査に着手し、一箇月以内に、その調査を終わり、かつ、その目録を作成しなければならない。ただし、この期間は、家庭裁判所において伸長することができる。 art-853/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-853/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-853/par-1 A guardian must undertake a search for the ward's assets without delay, and must finish the search and prepare an inventory within one month; provided, however, that this period may be extended with the approval of the family court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 財産の調査及びその目録の作成は、後見監督人があるときは、その立会いをもってしなければ、その効力を生じない。 art-853/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-853/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-853/par-2 The search for assets and preparation of an inventory is not valid unless conducted in the presence of the guardian supervisor, if there is one. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第八百五十六条第一項（被後見人が包括財産を取得した場合についての準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-856/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-856/par-1 - 民法 第八百六十七条第二項（未成年被後見人に代わる親権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-867/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-867/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 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4275/tb), 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