①An enforcement court may, upon petition, order voidance of all or part of a seizure or permit seizure of any of the movables stated in the items of the preceding Article, taking into consideration the living conditions of the obligor and the obligee and any other circumstances.

②When there has been a change in circumstances, an enforcement court may, upon petition, permit a seizure of movables of which seizure had been voided pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph or order rescission of all or part of a seizure under that paragraph.

③When a petition has been filed seeking an order to void a seizure pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, an enforcement court may, until a judicial decision on the petition becomes effective, order a stay of the judicial enforcement, while requiring or not requiring provision of security.

④An appeal may be filed against an order to deny the petition referred to in paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) and an order to permit a seizure pursuant to these provisions.

⑤No appeal may be entered against an order under paragraph (3).

A statutory lien holder or a pledgee may make a distribution demand by submitting a document that proves their right.

A court enforcement officer must sell seized property by bidding process, auction or any other method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court.

The provisions of Article 65 and Article 68 apply mutatis mutandis to cases of selling seized property.

If a court enforcement officer has seized a negotiable instrument, check, or other instrument with the payment of money as its subject matter (referred to as a "negotiable instrument" below) that is required to be presented for acceptance or payment, or to have payment demanded against it (referred to as "presenting" the instrument below), within the period established for the exercise of rights under that instrument, and if the commencement of that period has arrived, the court enforcement officer must present the instrument in place of the obligor.

①If a document stated in Article 39, paragraph (1), item (vii) or (viii) has been submitted, and if there is a likelihood of a considerable decline in the price of the seized property or if an inappropriate amount of costs is required for the retention of that seized property, a court enforcement officer may sell the seized property.

②A court enforcement officer, when the officer has sold seized property pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, must make a statutory deposit of the proceeds of the sale.

A court enforcement officer may, when the officer has sold securities, carry out, in place of the obligor, acts necessary for indorsement or entry of a name change for the purchaser.

①If there is only one obligee, or if there are two or more obligees but it is possible to fully satisfy the claims and enforcement costs of each of the obligees out of the sale proceeds, monies seized, or payments against negotiable instruments (referred to as the "enforcement proceeds" below), the court enforcement officer delivers payment money to the obligees and delivers any surplus to the obligor.

②Except in the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if an agreement is reached among the obligees regarding distribution of the enforcement proceeds, a court enforcement officer implements distribution in accordance with the agreement.

③If the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph is not reached, a court enforcement officer must notify the enforcement court of the circumstances.

④The provisions of Article 84, paragraphs (3) and (4) and Article 88 apply mutatis mutandis to the case of implementing distribution or payment pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2).

Obligees entitled to distribution or payment are the obligees effecting a seizure as well as obligees who made a distribution demand, in the case of proceeds, by the time a court enforcement officer receives delivery of proceeds (or, in the case of proceeds that were deposited pursuant to the provisions of Article 137 or Article 49, paragraph (3) of the Civil Preservation Act, by the time the enforcement against movables is decided to be continued), or in the case of seized money, by the time a court enforcement officer seizes that money, or in the case of the amount payable on a negotiable instrument, by the time a court enforcement officer receives payment for it.

①In the case of implementing distribution or payment pursuant to the provisions of Article 139, paragraph (1) or (2), if any of the following grounds exist for the claim of an obligee who is to receive distribution or payment, a court enforcement officer makes a statutory deposit of money equivalent to the amount of the distribution or payment and notifies the enforcement court of the circumstances:

②A court enforcement officer must make a statutory deposit of money equivalent to the amount of distribution or payment for any obligee who failed to appear to receive distribution or payment

①The enforcement court must implement the procedure of distribution or payment, immediately if notification has been given under Article 139 , paragraph (3) and at the time when the grounds for statutory deposit were extinguished if notification has been given under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

②The provisions of Articles 84 through 86 and Articles 88 through 92 apply mutatis mutandis to the procedure of distribution or payment implemented by an enforcement court pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Enforcement against a claim for the payment of money or delivery of a vessel or movables (excluding a claim for which securities subject to enforcement against movables have been issued; referred to as a "claim" in this Section) (this excludes the enforcement against a claim arising from a small claims action prescribed in Article 167-2, paragraph (2); referred to as "enforcement against a claim" in this Section) commences through an order of seizure by an enforcement court.

①The district court having jurisdiction in the locality of the general venue of the obligor has jurisdiction over enforcement against a claim as the enforcement court, and if there is no general venue, the district court having jurisdiction in the locality of the claim to be seized has jurisdiction over enforcement as the enforcement court.

②A claim to be seized is deemed to exist within the locality of the general venue of the obligor of that claim (referred to as the "third party obligor" below); provided, however, that a claim for delivery of a vessel or movables and a claim secured by a security interest in property is deemed to exist within the locality of the property.

③If another order of seizure has been issued for a claim subject to a seizure (limited to a claim that has been seized based on an order of seizure; the same applies in this Division), if the enforcement court that has issued that order of seizure is different from the earlier enforcement court, either enforcement court may transfer its case to the other enforcement court.

④No appeal may be entered against an order under the preceding paragraph.

①An enforcement court must, in an order of seizure, prohibit the obligor from collecting or otherwise disposing the claim and prohibit the third party obligor from providing performance to the obligor.

②An order of seizure is issued without interrogating the obligor and the third party obligor.

③An order of seizure must be served upon the obligor and the third party obligor.

④In serving an order of seizure, a court clerk must inform the obligor that a petition for voiding the order of seizure under Article 153, paragraph (1) or (2) can be filed and other matters provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of the Supreme Court.

⑤A seizure becomes effective when an order of seizure is served upon the third party obligor.

⑥An appeal may be filed against a judicial decision on a petition for an order of seizure.

⑦If an enforcement court is unable to serve an order of seizure on an obligor, the enforcement court may specify a reasonable period and order the attaching obligee to make, within that period, a proposal for the obligor's address, residence or other place where the order of seizure is to be served (a petition for service by publication, in the cases stated in the items of Article 110, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure, which apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20; the same applies in the following paragraph).

⑧If an enforcement court orders the proposal of the preceding paragraph, the enforcement court may set aside the order of seizure if the attaching obligee does not make the proposal of the paragraph.

①An enforcement court may issue an order of seizure for the entirety of a claim to be seized.

②When the price of the seized claim exceeds the amount of the claim and enforcement costs of the attaching obligee, an enforcement court must not seize any other claims.

①When a petition has been filed by the attaching obligee, a court clerk must, upon servicing an order of seizure, make a demand to the third party obligor to state the presence or absence of any claim subject to a seizure and any other matters specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court within two weeks from the day of service of the order of seizure.

②A third party obligor, when the obligor has failed to make a statement or has made a false statement intentionally or negligently in response to a demand under the preceding paragraph, is liable to compensate for any damages that occur as a result

①When a deed exists for a claim subject to a seizure, the obligor must deliver that deed to the attaching obligee.

②The attaching obligee may receive delivery of the deed referred to in the preceding paragraph by the method of judicial enforcement of delivery of movables provided in Article 169, based on an order of seizure.

If part of a claim has been seized or a provisional seizure has been effected against it, and an order of seizure is issued beyond the remaining portion of the claim, the effects of each seizure or provisional seizure extend to the entirety of the claim. The same applies to the effects of a seizure if an order of seizure has been issued for part of a claim after the entirety of the claim has been seized or a provisional seizure has been effected against it.