# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九百四十九条 (Article 949)

- 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: 第九百四十九条 (Article 949)（財産分離の請求の防止等） — address `art-949`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第九百四十九条（財産分離の請求の防止等） — (Prevention of the Filing of Requests for a Separation of Patrimony)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-949 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-949 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-949</sup>

  **第一項**  相続人は、その固有財産をもって相続債権者若しくは受遺者に弁済をし、又はこれに相当の担保を供して、財産分離の請求を防止し、又はその効力を消滅させることができる。ただし、相続人の債権者が、これによって損害を受けるべきことを証明して、異議を述べたときは、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-949/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-949/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-949/par-1</sup>
  An heir may use the heir's own property to make payment or delivery to the creditors of the succession and legatees or to provide reasonable security thereto, thereby preventing the filing of a request for the separation of patrimony or causing its effect to be extinguished; provided, however, that this does not apply if a creditor of the heir files an objection and demonstrates that this would cause harm to that creditor.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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