# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第十八条の二 (Article 18-2) - 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: 第十八条の二 (Article 18-2)（記録事項証明書の提出等の省略） — address `art-18-2` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18-2 - 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. --- ### 第十八条の二（記録事項証明書の提出等の省略） — (Omission of Submission of Recorded Information Certificates) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-18-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18-2 **第一項** 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。 art-18-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18-2/par-1 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 裁判 art-18-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18-2/par-1/item-1 judicial decisions; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 裁判所書記官の処分 art-18-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18-2/par-1/item-2 disposition by a court clerk; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 裁判上の和解又は調停 art-18-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18-2/par-1/item-3 judicial settlements or mediation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 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 art-18-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18-2/par-1/item-4 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 Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 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。） art-18-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18-2/par-1/item-5 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. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "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) certifying that a title of obligation prescribed in Article 22, items (ii) through (iv)-2 is withdrawn or is not valid for other reasons; the same applies in Article 39, paragraph (1), items (iv) and (iv)-2 and Article 167-2, paragraph (1), item (iv))." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4900/tb --- ## Cites - art-18-2/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 民事執行法 第十八条の二第一項第一号 (Article 18-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-18-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18-2/par-1/item-1 - art-18-2/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 民事執行法 第十八条の二第一項第二号 (Article 18-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-18-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18-2/par-1/item-2 - art-18-2/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 民事執行法 第十八条の二第一項第三号 (Article 18-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-18-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18-2/par-1/item-3 - art-18-2/par-1/item-5: 第二十二条第二号から第四号の二まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第二号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-22/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-2 - art-18-2/par-1/item-5: 第二十二条第二号から第四号の二まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第三号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-22/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-3 - art-18-2/par-1/item-5: 第二十二条第二号から第四号の二まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第三号の二 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iii-2)), art-22/par-1/item-3-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-3-2 - art-18-2/par-1/item-5: 第二十二条第二号から第四号の二まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第三号の三 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iii-3)), art-22/par-1/item-3-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-3-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-3-3 - art-18-2/par-1/item-5: 第二十二条第二号から第四号の二まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第四号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-22/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-4 - art-18-2/par-1/item-5: 第二十二条第二号から第四号の二まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第四号の二 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iv-2)), art-22/par-1/item-4-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-4-2 - art-18-2/par-1/item-5: 民事訴訟法第百六十条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百六十条第一項 (Article 160, paragraph (1)), art-160/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-160/par-1 - art-18-2/par-1/item-5: 第三十九条第一項第四号 → 民事執行法 第三十九条第一項第四号 (Article 39, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-39/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-1/item-4 - art-18-2/par-1/item-5: 第四号の二 → 民事執行法 第三十九条第一項第四号の二 (Article 39, paragraph (1), item (iv-2)), art-39/par-1/item-4-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-1/item-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-1/item-4-2 - art-18-2/par-1/item-5: 第百六十七条の二第一項第四号 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の二第一項第四号 (Article 167-2, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-167-2/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-1/item-4 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第十八条の二第一項第四号（記録事項証明書の提出等の省略） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-18-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-18-2/par-1/item-4 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Enforcement Act (民事執行法), Article 18-2, paragraph (1), item (v) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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