地方団体の徴収金は、納税者又は特別徴収義務者の総財産について、本節に別段の定がある場合を除き、すべての公課(滞納処分の例により徴収することができる債権に限り、かつ、地方団体の徴収金並びに国税及びその滞納処分費(以下本章において「国税」という。)を除く。以下本章において同じ。)その他の債権に先だつて徴収する。
Local government levies are collected from the total property of a taxpayer or special collection agent in priority to all public charges (limited to claims that can be collected in accordance with the rules for the delinquent tax collection procedure, and excluding local government levies, and national taxes and the expenses for the delinquent tax collection procedure for them (hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "national taxes"); the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter) and other claims, except as otherwise specially provided in this Section.