# 民法 / Civil Code — 第四章 (Part 2, Chapter 4) - 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: 第四章 (Part 2, Chapter 4) — address `pt-2/ch-4` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/pt-2/ch-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/pt-2/ch-4 - 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. --- ## 第四章　地上権 — Chapter IV Superficies heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System pt-2/ch-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/pt-2/ch-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/pt-2/ch-4 ### 第二百六十五条（地上権の内容） — (Content of Superficies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-265 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-265 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-265 **第一項** 地上権者は、他人の土地において工作物又は竹木を所有するため、その土地を使用する権利を有する。 art-265/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-265/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-265/par-1 A superficiary has the right to use another person's land in order to own structures, or trees or bamboo, on that land. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百六十六条（地代） — (Rents) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-266 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-266 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-266 **第一項** 第二百七十四条から第二百七十六条までの規定は、地上権者が土地の所有者に定期の地代を支払わなければならない場合について準用する。 art-266/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-266/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-266/par-1 The provisions of Articles 274 through 276 apply mutatis mutandis if the superficiary must pay periodical rent to the owners of the land. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 地代については、前項に規定するもののほか、その性質に反しない限り、賃貸借に関する規定を準用する。 art-266/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-266/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-266/par-2 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, provisions on leasehold apply mutatis mutandis to rent to the extent that application is not inconsistent with the nature of the same. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百六十七条（相隣関係の規定の準用） — (Mutatis Mutandis Application of Provisions Regarding Neighboring Relationships) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-267 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-267 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-267 **第一項** 前章第一節第二款（相隣関係）の規定は、地上権者間又は地上権者と土地の所有者との間について準用する。ただし、第二百二十九条の規定は、境界線上の工作物が地上権の設定後に設けられた場合に限り、地上権者について準用する。 art-267/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-267/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-267/par-1 The provisions of Section 1, Subsection 2 of the preceding Chapter (Neighboring Relationships) apply mutatis mutandis between superficiaries or between a superficiary and a landowner; provided, however, that the mutatis mutandis application of the provisions of Article 229 to superficiaries is limited to when structures on the boundary line are installed after the establishment of the superficies. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百六十八条（地上権の存続期間） — (Duration of Superficies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-268 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-268 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-268 **第一項** 設定行為で地上権の存続期間を定めなかった場合において、別段の慣習がないときは、地上権者は、いつでもその権利を放棄することができる。ただし、地代を支払うべきときは、一年前に予告をし、又は期限の到来していない一年分の地代を支払わなければならない。 art-268/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-268/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-268/par-1 If the duration of superficies is not fixed by the act that established the same and there are no relevant customs, the superficiary may waive that right at any time; provided, however, that if rent must be paid, the superficiary must give notice one year or more in advance or pay rent for one year that has not yet become due and payable. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 地上権者が前項の規定によりその権利を放棄しないときは、裁判所は、当事者の請求により、二十年以上五十年以下の範囲内において、工作物又は竹木の種類及び状況その他地上権の設定当時の事情を考慮して、その存続期間を定める。 art-268/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-268/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-268/par-2 If the superficiary does not waive that right pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the court may, at the request of the parties concerned, fix a duration of 20 years or more but not more than 50 years, taking into consideration the kind and status of the structures, or trees or bamboo and other circumstances at the time of the creation of the superficies. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百六十九条（工作物等の収去等） — (Removal of Structures) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-269 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-269 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-269 **第一項** 地上権者は、その権利が消滅した時に、土地を原状に復してその工作物及び竹木を収去することができる。ただし、土地の所有者が時価相当額を提供してこれを買い取る旨を通知したときは、地上権者は、正当な理由がなければ、これを拒むことができない。 art-269/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-269/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-269/par-1 When the right of the superficiary is extinguished, the superficiary may restore the land to its original state and remove structures and trees or bamboo on the same; provided, however, that if the owner of the land gives notice that the owner will purchase the same by offering to pay an amount equivalent to the market value, the superficiary may not refuse that offer without reasonable grounds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定と異なる慣習があるときは、その慣習に従う。 art-269/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-269/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-269/par-2 If there are customs that differ from the provisions of the preceding paragraph, those customs prevail. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百六十九条の二（地下又は空間を目的とする地上権） — (Superficies for Underground or Airspace) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-269-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-269-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-269-2 **第一項** 地下又は空間は、工作物を所有するため、上下の範囲を定めて地上権の目的とすることができる。この場合においては、設定行為で、地上権の行使のためにその土地の使用に制限を加えることができる。 art-269-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-269-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-269-2/par-1 An underground space or airspace may be established as the subject of superficies for ownership of structures, through the specification of upper and lower extents. In such a case, restrictions on the use of that land may be added in the act that establishes superficies for the purpose of facilitating the exercise of the superficies. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の地上権は、第三者がその土地の使用又は収益をする権利を有する場合においても、その権利又はこれを目的とする権利を有するすべての者の承諾があるときは、設定することができる。この場合において、土地の使用又は収益をする権利を有する者は、その地上権の行使を妨げることができない。 art-269-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-269-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-269-2/par-2 The superficies referred to in the preceding paragraph may be established even if third parties hold the rights to use or profit from the land provided that all persons holding those rights or rights on them give their consent. In such a case, persons that hold the rights to use or profit from the land may not prevent the exercise of the superficies to the same. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-266/par-1: 第二百七十四条から第二百七十六条まで → 民法 第二百七十四条 (Article 274), art-274 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-274 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-274 - art-266/par-1: 第二百七十四条から第二百七十六条まで → 民法 第二百七十五条 (Article 275), art-275 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-275 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-275 - art-266/par-1: 第二百七十四条から第二百七十六条まで → 民法 第二百七十六条 (Article 276), art-276 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-276 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-276 - art-266/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第二百六十六条第一項 (Article 266, paragraph (1)), art-266/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-266/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-266/par-1 - art-267/par-1: 第二百二十九条 → 民法 第二百二十九条 (Article 229), art-229 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-229 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-229 - art-268/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第二百六十八条第一項 (Article 268, paragraph (1)), art-268/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-268/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-268/par-1 - art-269/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第二百六十九条第一項 (Article 269, paragraph (1)), art-269/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-269/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-269/par-1 - art-269-2/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第二百六十九条の二第一項 (Article 269-2, paragraph (1)), art-269-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-269-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-269-2/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 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