# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九百二十七条 (Article 927) - 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: 第九百二十七条 (Article 927)（相続債権者及び受遺者に対する公告及び催告） — address `art-927` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-927 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-927 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九百二十七条（相続債権者及び受遺者に対する公告及び催告） — (Issuing Public Notice and Notice to File to Creditors of the Succession and Legatees) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-927 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-927 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-927 **第一項** 限定承認者は、限定承認をした後五日以内に、すべての相続債権者（相続財産に属する債務の債権者をいう。以下同じ。）及び受遺者に対し、限定承認をしたこと及び一定の期間内にその請求の申出をすべき旨を公告しなければならない。この場合において、その期間は、二箇月を下ることができない。 art-927/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-927/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-927/par-1 An heir asserting a qualified acceptance must issue public notice to all creditors of the succession (meaning creditors with claims that are a part of the estate; hereinafter the same applies) and legatees, within five days of asserting the qualified acceptance, indicating that the person is asserting a qualified acceptance and that the creditors and legatees must file their claims within a fixed period. This period, in such a case, may not be of less than two months. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による公告には、相続債権者及び受遺者がその期間内に申出をしないときは弁済から除斥されるべき旨を付記しなければならない。ただし、限定承認者は、知れている相続債権者及び受遺者を除斥することができない。 art-927/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-927/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-927/par-2 A supplementary note must be placed in the public notice under the preceding paragraph, indicating that creditors of the succession and legatees failing to file within the period fixed therein will be excluded from payment or delivery; provided, however, that an heir asserting a qualified acceptance may not exclude any known creditor of the succession or legatee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 限定承認者は、知れている相続債権者及び受遺者には、各別にその申出の催告をしなければならない。 art-927/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-927/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-927/par-3 An heir asserting a qualified acceptance must issue an individual notice to file to each known creditor of the succession and legatee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定による公告は、官報に掲載してする。 art-927/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-927/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-927/par-4 The public notice referred to in paragraph (1) is issued by publication in the Official Gazette. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-927/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第九百二十七条第一項 (Article 927, paragraph (1)), art-927/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-927/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-927/par-1 - art-927/par-4: 第一項 → 民法 第九百二十七条第一項 (Article 927, paragraph (1)), art-927/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-927/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-927/par-1 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第九百二十七条第二項（相続債権者及び受遺者に対する公告及び催告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-927/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-927/par-2 - 民法 第九百二十七条第四項（相続債権者及び受遺者に対する公告及び催告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-927/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-927/par-4 - 民法 第九百二十八条第一項（公告期間満了前の弁済の拒絶） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-928/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-928/par-1 - 民法 第九百二十九条第一項（公告期間満了後の弁済） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-929/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-929/par-1 - 民法 第九百三十四条第一項（不当な弁済をした限定承認者の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-934/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-934/par-1 - 民法 第九百三十五条第一項（公告期間内に申出をしなかった相続債権者及び受遺者） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-935/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-935/par-1 - 民法 第九百三十六条第三項（相続人が数人ある場合の相続財産の清算人） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-936/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-936/par-3 - 民法 第九百五十条第二項（相続人の債権者の請求による財産分離） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-950/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-950/par-2 - 民法 第九百五十七条第二項（相続債権者及び受遺者に対する弁済） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-957/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-957/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