# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九百十五条 (Article 915) - 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: 第九百十五条 (Article 915)（相続の承認又は放棄をすべき期間） — address `art-915` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-915 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-915 - 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. --- ### 第九百十五条（相続の承認又は放棄をすべき期間） — (Period for Acceptance or Renunciation of Succession) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-915 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-915 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-915 **第一項** 相続人は、自己のために相続の開始があったことを知った時から三箇月以内に、相続について、単純若しくは限定の承認又は放棄をしなければならない。ただし、この期間は、利害関係人又は検察官の請求によって、家庭裁判所において伸長することができる。 art-915/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-915/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-915/par-1 An heir must either accept the succession unconditionally or with qualifications, or renounce it, within three months of the time the heir learns that succession has opened to that heir; provided, however, that this period may be extended by the family court at the request of an interested party or the public prosecutor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 相続人は、相続の承認又は放棄をする前に、相続財産の調査をすることができる。 art-915/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-915/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-915/par-2 An heir may examine the estate before accepting or renouncing the succession. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第九百十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-916/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-916/par-1 - 民法 第九百十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-917/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-917/par-1 - 民法 第九百十九条第一項（相続の承認及び放棄の撤回及び取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-919/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-919/par-1 - 民法 第九百二十一条第一項第二号（法定単純承認） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-921/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-921/par-1/item-2 - 民法 第九百二十四条第一項（限定承認の方式） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-924/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-924/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