# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第二百七条 (Article 207)

- 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: 第二百七条 (Article 207)（債務者の預貯金債権等に係る情報の取得） — address `art-207`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-207
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### 第二百七条（債務者の預貯金債権等に係る情報の取得） — (Acquisition of Information Related to Claim of Deposits or Savings of Obligor)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-207 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-207 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207</sup>

  **第一項**  執行裁判所は、第百九十七条第一項各号のいずれかに該当するときは、執行力のある債務名義の正本を有する金銭債権の債権者の申立てにより、次の各号に掲げる者であつて最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより当該債権者が選択したものに対し、それぞれ当該各号に定める事項について情報の提供をすべき旨を命じなければならない。ただし、当該執行力のある債務名義の正本に基づく強制執行を開始することができないときは、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-207/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-207/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207/par-1</sup>
  If any of the items of Article 197, paragraph (1) apply, the enforcement court, at the petition of an obligee having an authenticated copy of an enforceable title of obligation, must order a person stated in the following items that the obligee has selected pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of the Supreme Court provide information about matters provided for in those items; provided, however, that this does not apply when it is not possible to commence judicial enforcement based on the authenticated copy of the enforceable title of obligation:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  銀行等（銀行、信用金庫、信用金庫連合会、労働金庫、労働金庫連合会、信用協同組合、信用協同組合連合会、農業協同組合、農業協同組合連合会、漁業協同組合、漁業協同組合連合会、水産加工業協同組合、水産加工業協同組合連合会、農林中央金庫、株式会社商工組合中央金庫又は独立行政法人郵便貯金簡易生命保険管理・郵便局ネットワーク支援機構をいう。以下この号において同じ。）　債務者の当該銀行等に対する預貯金債権（民法第四百六十六条の五第一項に規定する預貯金債権をいう。）に対する強制執行又は担保権の実行の申立てをするのに必要となる事項として最高裁判所規則で定めるもの
    <sup>art-207/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-207/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207/par-1/item-1</sup>
    a bank or other financial institution (meaning a bank, credit union, Federation of Credit Unions, Workers' Credit Union, Federation of Workers' Credit Union, Cooperative Credit Association, Federation of Cooperative Credit Association, Agricultural Cooperative, Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, Fishery Cooperatives Association, Federation of Fishery Cooperatives Association, Fishery Processing Cooperatives Association, Federation of Fishery Processing Cooperatives Association, Agricultural and Forestry Central Bank, the Shoko Chukin Bank, or the Organization for Postal Savings, Postal Life Insurance and Post Office Network; the same applies in this item):matters provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court as matters necessary to file a petition for judicial enforcement or for enforcement of a security interest for a claim to deposits (meaning the claim for deposits provided for in Article 466-5, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code) that an obligor has against a bank or other financial institution;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  振替機関等（社債、株式等の振替に関する法律第二条第五項に規定する振替機関等をいう。以下この号において同じ。）　債務者の有する振替社債等（同法第二百七十九条に規定する振替社債等であつて、当該振替機関等の備える振替口座簿における債務者の口座に記載され、又は記録されたものに限る。）に関する強制執行又は担保権の実行の申立てをするのに必要となる事項として最高裁判所規則で定めるもの
    <sup>art-207/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-207/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207/par-1/item-2</sup>
    a book-entry transfer institution (meaning a book-entry transfer institution under Article 2, paragraph (5) of the Act on Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Shares; the same applies in this item):matters provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court as matters necessary to file a petition for judicial enforcement or enforcement of a security interest for a book-entry corporate bond or other security (limited to a book-entry corporate bond or other security under Article 279 of that Act which has been entered or recorded in an account of the obligor in a book-entry account register that the book-entry transfer institution maintains).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  執行裁判所は、第百九十七条第二項各号のいずれかに該当するときは、債務者の財産について一般の先取特権を有することを証する文書を提出した債権者の申立てにより、前項各号に掲げる者であつて最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより当該債権者が選択したものに対し、それぞれ当該各号に定める事項について情報の提供をすべき旨を命じなければならない。
  <sup>art-207/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-207/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207/par-2</sup>
  When any of the items of Article 197, paragraph (2) apply, an enforcement court must, upon petition of an obligee who has submitted a document proving that it has a general statutory lien for property of the obligor, order a person stated in the items of the preceding paragraph whom the obligee selected pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of the Supreme Court, to provide information about matters provided in the items.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  前二項の申立てを却下する裁判に対しては、執行抗告をすることができる。
  <sup>art-207/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-207/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207/par-3</sup>
  An appeal may be filed against a judicial decision to deny the petition in the preceding two paragraphs.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-207/par-1: 第百九十七条第一項 → 民事執行法 第百九十七条第一項 (Article 197, paragraph (1)), art-197/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-1
- art-207/par-1/item-1: この号 → 民事執行法 第二百七条第一項第一号 (Article 207, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-207/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-207/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207/par-1/item-1
- art-207/par-1/item-1: 民法第四百六十六条の五第一項 → 民法 第四百六十六条の五第一項 (Article 466-5, paragraph (1)), art-466-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-466-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-466-5/par-1
- art-207/par-1/item-2: この号 → 民事執行法 第二百七条第一項第二号 (Article 207, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-207/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-207/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207/par-1/item-2
- art-207/par-2: 第百九十七条第二項 → 民事執行法 第百九十七条第二項 (Article 197, paragraph (2)), art-197/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-2
- art-207/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第二百七条第一項 (Article 207, paragraph (1)), art-207/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-207/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207/par-1
- art-207/par-3: 前二項 → 民事執行法 第二百七条第一項 (Article 207, paragraph (1)), art-207/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-207/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207/par-1
- art-207/par-3: 前二項 → 民事執行法 第二百七条第二項 (Article 207, paragraph (2)), art-207/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-207/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207/par-2

## Cited by

8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 会社法 第五百十五条第一項（他の手続の中止等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-515/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-515/par-1
- 民事執行法 第二百七条第一項第一号（債務者の預貯金債権等に係る情報の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-207/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207/par-1/item-1
- 民事執行法 第二百七条第一項第二号（債務者の預貯金債権等に係る情報の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-207/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207/par-1/item-2
- 民事執行法 第二百七条第二項（債務者の預貯金債権等に係る情報の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-207/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207/par-2
- 民事執行法 第二百七条第三項（債務者の預貯金債権等に係る情報の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-207/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-207/par-3
- 民事執行法 第二百八条第一項（情報の提供の方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-208/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-208/par-1
- 民事執行法 第二百九条第一項（第三者からの情報取得手続に係る事件の記録の閲覧等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-209/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-209/par-1
- 民事執行法 附則第六条第一項（調整規定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-6/par-1

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-enforcement-act-20261019T093630-005, translated 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
