# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九百三十七条 (Article 937)

- 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: 第九百三十七条 (Article 937)（法定単純承認の事由がある場合の相続債権者） — address `art-937`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第九百三十七条（法定単純承認の事由がある場合の相続債権者） — (Creditors of a Succession If There Is Cause for Statutory Unconditional Acceptance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-937 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-937 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-937</sup>

      **第一項**  限定承認をした共同相続人の一人又は数人について第九百二十一条第一号又は第三号に掲げる事由があるときは、相続債権者は、相続財産をもって弁済を受けることができなかった債権額について、当該共同相続人に対し、その相続分に応じて権利を行使することができる。
      <sup>art-937/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-937/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-937/par-1</sup>
      If a cause set forth in Article 921, item (i) or item (iii) has occurred in respect of one or multiple coheirs who have asserted a qualified acceptance, a creditor of the succession may exercise rights over any amount of the claim not satisfied by the estate against that coheir or those coheirs, in proportion to each of the relevant heirs' shares in the estate.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-937/par-1: 第九百二十一条第一号 → 民法 第九百二十一条第一項第一号 (Article 921, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-921/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-921/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-921/par-1/item-1
- art-937/par-1: 第三号 → 民法 第九百二十一条第一項第三号 (Article 921, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-921/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-921/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-921/par-1/item-3

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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