# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第十八条 (Article 18) - Law: 民事執行法 (Civil Enforcement Act), 昭和五十四年法律第四号 - English title "Civil Enforcement Act": 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: 第十八条 (Article 18)（官庁等に対する援助請求等） — address `art-18` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十八条（官庁等に対する援助請求等） — (Request for Assistance from Government Agencies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18 **第一項** 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。 art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18/par-1 If necessary for civil enforcement purposes, the enforcement court or court enforcement officer may request a government agency or public office for assistance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する場合には、執行裁判所又は執行官は、民事執行の目的である財産（財産が土地である場合にはその上にある建物を、財産が建物である場合にはその敷地を含む。）に対して課される租税その他の公課について、所管の官庁又は公署に対し、必要な証明書の交付を請求することができる。 art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18/par-2 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). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定は、民事執行の申立てをしようとする者がその申立てのため同項の証明書を必要とする場合について準用する。 art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18/par-3 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-18/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18/par-1 - art-18/par-3: 前項 → 民事執行法 第十八条第二項 (Article 18, paragraph (2)), art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第十八条第二項（官庁等に対する援助請求等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18/par-2 - 民事執行法 第十八条第三項（官庁等に対する援助請求等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18/par-3 - 民事執行法 第五十八条第四項（評価） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-58/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-58/par-4 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民事執行法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/354AC0000000004/20260521_505AC0000000053), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Enforcement Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4900/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 204 — 民事執行法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19