# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九百十二条 (Article 912) - 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: 第九百十二条 (Article 912)（遺産の分割によって受けた債権についての担保責任） — address `art-912` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-912 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-912 - 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. --- ### 第九百十二条（遺産の分割によって受けた債権についての担保責任） — (Liability under a Guaranty on a Claim Received in the Division of the Estate) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-912 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-912 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-912 **第一項** 各共同相続人は、その相続分に応じ、他の共同相続人が遺産の分割によって受けた債権について、その分割の時における債務者の資力を担保する。 art-912/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-912/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-912/par-1 Each coheir, in proportion to that heir's share of the estate, guarantees the solvency, at the time of division, of any obligor of a claim that another coheir receives in the division of the estate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 弁済期に至らない債権及び停止条件付きの債権については、各共同相続人は、弁済をすべき時における債務者の資力を担保する。 art-912/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-912/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-912/par-2 As regards a claim that is either not yet due or is subject to a condition precedent, each coheir guarantees the solvency of the obligor at the time when the payment is due. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第九百十四条第一項（遺言による担保責任の定め） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-914/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-914/par-1 --- ## 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