# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百九十八条 (Article 898)

- 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: 第八百九十八条 (Article 898)（共同相続の効力） — address `art-898`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-898
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-898
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### 第八百九十八条（共同相続の効力） — (Effect of Joint Succession)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-898 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-898 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-898</sup>

    **第一項**  相続人が数人あるときは、相続財産は、その共有に属する。
    <sup>art-898/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-898/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-898/par-1</sup>
    If there are two or more heirs, the estate belongs to those heirs in coownership.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  相続財産について共有に関する規定を適用するときは、第九百条から第九百二条までの規定により算定した相続分をもって各相続人の共有持分とする。
    <sup>art-898/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-898/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-898/par-2</sup>
    When the provisions on co-ownership are applied to the estate, the share of the estate calculated pursuant to the provisions of Articles 900 through 902 is to be the co-ownership interest of each heir.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-898/par-2: 第九百条から第九百二条まで → 民法 第九百条 (Article 900), art-900 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-900 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-900
- art-898/par-2: 第九百条から第九百二条まで → 民法 第九百一条 (Article 901), art-901 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-901 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-901
- art-898/par-2: 第九百条から第九百二条まで → 民法 第九百二条 (Article 902), art-902 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-902 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-902

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-code-20261011T170941-006, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11