Article 16Special Provisions on Service
第十六条（送達の特例）
A person who has filed a petition, made an offer, or filed a notification with an enforcement court in connection with a civil enforcement procedure, or been served with a document by an enforcement court in connection with a civil enforcement procedure must notify the enforcement court of the place (limited to within Japan) at which they are to be served. In this case, the person may also notify the enforcement court of the designated person to be served.
民事執行の手続について、執行裁判所に対し申立て、申出若しくは届出をし、又は執行裁判所から文書の送達を受けた者は、送達を受けるべき場所（日本国内に限る。）を執行裁判所に届け出なければならない。この場合においては、送達受取人をも届け出ることができる。
The provisions of Article 104, paragraphs (2) and (3) and Article 107 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to the cases referred to in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph.
民事訴訟法第百四条第二項及び第三項並びに第百七条の規定は、前項前段の場合について準用する。
Service on a person who has not filed a notification under the first sentence of paragraph (1) (excluding the person prescribed in Article 104, paragraph (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph) is to be made at the person's domicile, residence, business office, or office that is indicated in the case record.
第一項前段の規定による届出をしない者（前項において準用する民事訴訟法第百四条第三項に規定する者を除く。）に対する送達は、事件の記録に表れたその者の住所、居所、営業所又は事務所においてする。
If service under the preceding paragraph is to be effected but it is not possible to effect service pursuant to the provisions of Article 106 of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20, the court clerk may send the document to the domicile, residence, business office, or office referred to in the preceding paragraph by registered mail or using services for delivering correspondence that are prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators (Act No. 99 of 2002) that are provided by a general correspondence delivery provider prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article or specified correspondence delivery provider prescribed in paragraph (9) of that Article and that are specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court as services equivalent to registered mail. In this case, the provisions of Article 107, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis.
Service by publication in a civil enforcement procedure is to be made by the court clerk keeping the document to be served and posting, on the court's bulletin board, a notice to the effect that the document is to be delivered to the person to be served at any time.
民事執行の手続における公示送達は、裁判所書記官が送達すべき書類を保管し、いつでも送達を受けるべき者に交付すべき旨を裁判所の掲示場に掲示してする。
Article 17Access to Case Records of Civil Enforcement Cases
第十七条（民事執行の事件の記録の閲覧等）
An interested person, in connection with the civil enforcement that the enforcement court carries out, may file a request with the court clerk to inspect or copy the case record, to be issued an authenticated copy, transcript, or extract of the record, or to be issued a certificate of matters relating to the case.
執行裁判所の行う民事執行について、利害関係を有する者は、裁判所書記官に対し、事件の記録の閲覧若しくは謄写、その正本、謄本若しくは抄本の交付又は事件に関する事項の証明書の交付を請求することができる。
Article 18Request for Assistance from Government Agencies
第十八条（官庁等に対する援助請求等）
If necessary for civil enforcement purposes, the enforcement court or court enforcement officer may request a government agency or public office for assistance.
民事執行のため必要がある場合には、執行裁判所又は執行官は、官庁又は公署に対し、援助を求めることができる。
In a case provided for in the preceding paragraph, the enforcement court or court enforcement officer may request the government agency or public office with jurisdiction a certificate it needs concerning taxes or other relevant public charges imposed on the property that is the subject matter of civil enforcement (this includes any building that stands on that property, if the property is land, and includes the site on which the property stands, if the property is a building).
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if a person who seeks to file a petition for civil enforcement needs the certificate referred to in that paragraph for filing that petition.
Article 18-2Omission of Submission of Recorded Information Certificates
第十八条の二（記録事項証明書の提出等の省略）
A person that is required to submit or present a certificate of recorded information (meaning a document that states the matters recorded in a file stored on a computer used by the court (simply referred to as a "file" below) and certified by the court clerk to contain information identical to the matters recorded in the relevant file; the same applies below) related to the matters stated in the following items to a court, court clerk, or court enforcement officer in civil enforcement proceedings pursuant to the provisions of this Act, in lieu of that submission or presentation, may submit the information prescribed by the Rules of the Supreme Court as information necessary for identifying the matters stated in the relevant item below, pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of the Supreme Court. In this case, the person is deemed to have submitted or presented the relevant certificate of recorded information.
民事執行の手続においてこの法律の規定に基づき裁判所、裁判所書記官又は執行官に次の各号に掲げるものに係る記録事項証明書（裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機に備えられたファイル（以下単に「ファイル」という。）に記録されている事項を記載した書面であつて裁判所書記官が当該書面の内容が当該ファイルに記録されている事項と同一であることを証明したものをいう。以下同じ。）を提出し、又は提示すべき者は、その提出又は提示に代えて、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、当該各号に掲げるものに係る事件を特定するために必要な情報として最高裁判所規則で定めるものを提供することができる。この場合において、当該者は、当該記録事項証明書を提出し、又は提示したものとみなす。
judicial decisions;
裁判
disposition by a court clerk;
裁判所書記官の処分
judicial settlements or mediation;
裁判上の和解又は調停
beyond what is referred in the preceding three items, a document or an electronic or magnetic record that has the same effect as a final and binding judgment; and
前三号に掲げるもののほか、確定判決と同一の効力を有するもの
electronic records (meaning electronic or magnetic records prepared by a court clerk pursuant to the provisions of Article 160, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to other laws and regulations) or other laws and regulations to record and publicly authenticate the formality, details, progress, etc. of proceedings on a court date or any other date; the same applies in Article 39, paragraph (1), items (iv) and (iv)-2 and Article 167-2, paragraph (1), item (iv)) certifying that a title of obligation prescribed in Article 22, items (ii) through (iv)-2 is withdrawn or is not valid for other reasons.
第二十二条第二号から第四号の二までに掲げる債務名義が訴えの取下げその他の事由により効力を失つたことを証する電子調書（期日又は期日外における手続の方式、内容及び経過等の記録及び公証をするために民事訴訟法第百六十条第一項（他の法令において準用する場合を含む。）その他の法令の規定により裁判所書記官が作成する電磁的記録をいう。第三十九条第一項第四号及び第四号の二並びに第百六十七条の二第一項第四号において同じ。）
Article 19Exclusive Jurisdiction
第十九条（専属管轄）
The court's jurisdiction provided for in this Act is exclusive.
この法律に規定する裁判所の管轄は、専属とする。
Article 19-2Filing Motions or Statements Through Electronic Data Processing Systems
第十九条の二（電子情報処理組織による申立て等）
A petition or other statement in a civil enforcement procedure (referred to as a "motion or statement" in this Article) that, pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other laws and regulations concerning the motion or statement, is to be made through a document or other tangible medium (meaning a document, transcript, extract, authenticated copy, or duplicate of a document, duplicate of a bill or note, or any other paper or other tangible object into which information that can be perceived with the human senses, as characters and shapes, has been entered; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (4)), and that is made to a court specified by the Supreme Court (including one made to that court's presiding judge, authorized judge, commissioned judge, or court clerk), may be made, notwithstanding the provisions of those laws and regulations, by using an electronic data processing system (meaning an electronic data processing system connecting a computer (including input and output devices; the same applies below) used by the court to a computer used by the person making the motion or statement via a telecommunications line) pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of the Supreme Court.
民事執行の手続における申立てその他の申述（以下この条において「申立て等」という。）のうち、当該申立て等に関するこの法律その他の法令の規定により書面等（書面、書類、文書、謄本、抄本、正本、副本、複本その他文字、図形等人の知覚によつて認識することができる情報が記載された紙その他の有体物をいう。次項及び第四項において同じ。）をもつてするものとされているものであつて、最高裁判所の定める裁判所に対してするもの（当該裁判所の裁判長、受命裁判官、受託裁判官又は裁判所書記官に対してするものを含む。）については、当該法令の規定にかかわらず、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、電子情報処理組織（裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機（入出力装置を含む。以下同じ。）と申立て等をする者の使用に係る電子計算機とを電気通信回線で接続した電子情報処理組織をいう。）を用いてすることができる。
With regard to a motion or statement made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the provisions of laws and regulations concerning the motion or statement are applied by deeming it to have been made through the document or other tangible medium prescribed in the provisions of the laws and regulations concerning the motion or statement that prescribe that the motion or statement is to be made through a document or other tangible medium.
A motion or statement made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is deemed to have reached the court referred to in that paragraph at the time when it is recorded in a file stored on the computer used by that court.
In the case referred to in paragraph (1), with regard to a motion or statement for which a signature, etc. (meaning signing, printing one's name, affixing one's seal, or otherwise stating one's name or trade name in a document or other tangible medium; the same applies below in this paragraph) is to be made pursuant to the provisions of other laws and regulations concerning the motion or statement, the person making the motion or statement must, notwithstanding the provisions of those laws and regulations, take measures to make clear the person's name or trade name in lieu of the signature, etc., pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of the Supreme Court.
When a motion or statement made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) has been recorded in the file prescribed in paragraph (3), the court referred to in paragraph (1) must output the details of the information recorded in the file in the form of a document.
The inspection or copying of the case record, or the issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript, or extract of it, under the provisions of this Act or other laws and regulations in relation to a motion or statement made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), is to be made by means of the document referred to in the preceding paragraph. The same applies to the service or sending of documents relating to the motion or statement.
第十九条の三（裁判書）
When preparing a written judgment for a judicial decision concerning a civil enforcement procedure, the written judgment must state the main text, the parties and statutory agents, and the court relating to the judicial decision.
民事執行の手続に関する裁判の裁判書を作成する場合には、当該裁判書には、当該裁判に係る主文、当事者及び法定代理人並びに裁判所を記載しなければならない。
When the written judgment referred to in the preceding paragraph is served, the service is to be made by an authenticated copy of that written judgment.
前項の裁判書を送達する場合には、当該送達は、当該裁判書の正本によつてする。
Except where there are special provisions, the provisions of Part I through Part IV of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding Article 71, paragraph (2), Article 91-2, Article 92, paragraphs (9) and (10), Article 92-2, paragraph (2), Article 94, Article 100, paragraph (2), Part I, Chapter V, Section 4, Subsection 3, Article 111, Part I, Chapter VII, Article 133-2, paragraphs (5) and (6), Article 133-3, paragraph (2), Article 151, paragraph (3), Article 160, paragraph (2), Article 185, paragraph (3), Article 205, paragraph (2), Article 215, paragraph (2), Article 227, paragraph (2), and Article 232-2 of that Code) apply mutatis mutandis to a civil enforcement procedure to the extent that they are not contrary to its nature. In this case, the words listed in the middle column of Appended Table 1 in the provisions of that Code listed in the upper column of that table are deemed to be replaced with the words listed in the lower column of that table, respectively.
特別の定めがある場合を除き、民事執行の手続に関しては、その性質に反しない限り、民事訴訟法第一編から第四編までの規定（同法第七十一条第二項、第九十一条の二、第九十二条第九項及び第十項、第九十二条の二第二項、第九十四条、第百条第二項、第一編第五章第四節第三款、第百十一条、第一編第七章、第百三十三条の二第五項及び第六項、第百三十三条の三第二項、第百五十一条第三項、第百六十条第二項、第百八十五条第三項、第二百五条第二項、第二百十五条第二項、第二百二十七条第二項並びに第二百三十二条の二の規定を除く。）を準用する。この場合において、別表第一の上欄に掲げる同法の規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句に読み替えるものとする。
Article 21Rules of the Supreme Court
第二十一条（最高裁判所規則）
Beyond what is provided for in this Act, the Rules of the Supreme Court provide the necessary matters concerning civil enforcement procedures.
この法律に定めるもののほか、民事執行の手続に関し必要な事項は、最高裁判所規則で定める。
Article 21-2Special Provisions on Enforcement-Related Action Procedures in a Family Court
第二十一条の二（家庭裁判所における執行関係訴訟手続に関する特例）
With regard to the procedure for a case relating to an action under Article 24 or Articles 33 through 35 that falls under the jurisdiction of a family court (referred to as "enforcement-related action procedure in a family court" in this Article), the provisions of Article 71, paragraph (2), Article 91-2, Article 92, paragraphs (9) and (10), Article 92-2, paragraph (2), Article 94, Article 100, paragraph (2), Part I, Chapter V, Section 4, Subsection 3, Article 111, Article 132-6, paragraph (3), Part I, Chapter VII, Article 133-2, paragraphs (5) and (6), Article 133-3, paragraph (2), Article 151, paragraph (3), Article 160, paragraph (2), Article 161, paragraph (3), item (iii), Article 185, paragraph (3), Article 205, paragraph (2), Article 215, paragraph (2), Article 227, paragraph (2), Article 232-2, Article 253, paragraph (2), and Article 267, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure, and Part VII of that Code, do not apply.
第二十四条又は第三十三条から第三十五条までの訴えに係る事件であつて、家庭裁判所の管轄に属するものに関する手続（以下この条において「家庭裁判所における執行関係訴訟手続」という。）については、民事訴訟法第七十一条第二項、第九十一条の二、第九十二条第九項及び第十項、第九十二条の二第二項、第九十四条、第百条第二項、第一編第五章第四節第三款、第百十一条、第百三十二条の六第三項、第一編第七章、第百三十三条の二第五項及び第六項、第百三十三条の三第二項、第百五十一条第三項、第百六十条第二項、第百六十一条第三項第三号、第百八十五条第三項、第二百五条第二項、第二百十五条第二項、第二百二十七条第二項、第二百三十二条の二、第二百五十三条第二項、第二百六十七条第二項並びに第七編の規定は、適用しない。
With regard to the application of the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure to an enforcement-related action procedure in a family court, the words listed in the middle column of Appended Table 2 in the provisions of that Code listed in the upper column of that table are to be the words listed in the lower column of that table, respectively.
家庭裁判所における執行関係訴訟手続における民事訴訟法の規定の適用については、別表第二の上欄に掲げる同法の規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句とする。
The provisions of Article 15-2, Article 16, paragraph (5) and Article 19-2 apply mutatis mutandis to an enforcement-related action procedure in a family court.
第十五条の二、第十六条第五項及び第十九条の二の規定は、家庭裁判所における執行関係訴訟手続について準用する。