# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第二十六条 (Article 26) - 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: 第二十六条 (Article 26)（執行文の付与） — address `art-26` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-26 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-26 - 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. --- ### 第二十六条（執行文の付与） — (Granting Attestations of Enforceability) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-26 **第一項** 執行文は、申立てにより、執行証書以外の債務名義については事件の記録の存する裁判所の裁判所書記官が、執行証書についてはその原本（執行証書が電磁的記録をもつて作成されている場合にあつては、当該電磁的記録）を保存する公証人が付与する。 art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-26/par-1 Upon petition, a clerk of the court in which the record of the case exists grants an attestation of enforceability for a title of obligation other than a notarial instrument authorizing enforcement, and the notary preserving the original of a notarial instrument authorizing enforcement (if the attestation of enforceability is prepared as an electronic or magnetic record, that electronic or magnetic record) grants an attestation of enforceability for that instrument. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 執行文の付与は、債権者が債務者に対しその債務名義により強制執行をすることができる場合に、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、それぞれ当該各号に定める方法により行う。 art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-26/par-2 If the obligee is entitled to judicial enforcement against the obligor based on the title of obligation, the court clerk or notary grants an attestation of enforceability by the method prescribed in each of the following items in accordance with the category stated in the respective items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 債務名義に係る電磁的記録がファイルに記録されたものである場合における執行文の付与　債権者が債務者に対しその債務名義により強制執行をすることができる旨を当該電磁的記録に併せて記録する方法 art-26/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-26/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-26/par-2/item-1 granting attestations of enforceability if the electronic or magnetic record related to the title of obligation is recorded in a file:the method of recording together with the electronic or magnetic record stating that the obligee is entitled to judicial enforcement against the obligor pursuant to the title of obligation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 債務名義が電磁的記録をもつて作成された執行証書である場合における執行文の付与　債権者が債務者に対しその債務名義により強制執行をすることができる旨を当該電磁的記録に併せて記録するとともに、その旨を当該債務名義に係る公証人法第四十四条第一項第二号の書面の末尾に付記し、又はその旨を当該債務名義に係る同項第三号の電磁的記録に併せて記録する方法 art-26/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-26/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-26/par-2/item-2 granting attestations of enforceability if the title of obligation is a notarial instrument authorizing enforcement prepared as an electronic or magnetic record:the means of recording together with the electronic or magnetic record stating that the obligee is entitled to judicial enforcement against the obligor related to the title of obligation and adding a note indicating this at the end of the document related to the title of obligation prescribed in Article 44, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Notary Act or recording a statement to that effect together with the electronic or magnetic record related to the title of obligation prescribed in paragraph (1), item (iii) of that Article; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に掲げる場合以外の場合における執行文の付与　債権者が債務者に対しその債務名義により強制執行をすることができる旨を債務名義の正本の末尾に付記する方法 art-26/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-26/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-26/par-2/item-3 granting attestations of enforceability in cases other than those prescribed in the preceding two items:the method of adding a note indicating this at the end of an authenticated copy of the title of obligation stating that the obligee is entitled to judicial enforcement against the obligor pursuant to the title of obligation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-26/par-2/item-2: 公証人法第四十四条第一項第二号 → e-Gov law 141AC0000000053, 第四十四条第一項第二号 (Article 44, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-44/par-1/item-2 — not held in this collection - art-26/par-2/item-2: 同項第三号 → e-Gov law 141AC0000000053, 第四十四条第一項第三号 (Article 44, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-44/par-1/item-3 — not held in this collection - art-26/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 民事執行法 第二十六条第二項第一号 (Article 26, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-26/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-26/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-26/par-2/item-1 - art-26/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 民事執行法 第二十六条第二項第二号 (Article 26, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-26/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-26/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-26/par-2/item-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第二十六条第二項第三号（執行文の付与） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-26/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-26/par-2/item-3 --- ## 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