# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百九十条 (Article 890)

- 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: 第八百九十条 (Article 890)（配偶者の相続権） — address `art-890`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-890
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-890
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### 第八百九十条（配偶者の相続権） — (Spousal Right of Inheritance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-890 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-890 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-890</sup>

  **第一項**  被相続人の配偶者は、常に相続人となる。この場合において、第八百八十七条又は前条の規定により相続人となるべき者があるときは、その者と同順位とする。
  <sup>art-890/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-890/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-890/par-1</sup>
  The spouse of the decedent always becomes an heir. In this, if someone is to become an heir pursuant to the provisions of Article 887 or the preceding Article, the spouse takes the same place in the line of succession as that person.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-890/par-1: 第八百八十七条 → 民法 第八百八十七条 (Article 887), art-887 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-887 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-887
- art-890/par-1: 前条 → 民法 第八百八十九条 (Article 889), art-889 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-889 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-889

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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 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