# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第五十七条 (Article 57) - 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: 第五十七条 (Article 57)（現況調査） — address `art-57` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-57 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-57 - 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. --- ### 第五十七条（現況調査） — (Investigation of the Current Conditions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-57 **第一項** 執行裁判所は、執行官に対し、不動産の形状、占有関係その他の現況について調査を命じなければならない。 art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-57/par-1 An enforcement court must order a court enforcement officer to investigate the shape, possession status and any other current conditions of immovable property. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 執行官は、前項の調査をするに際し、不動産に立ち入り、又は債務者若しくはその不動産を占有する第三者に対し、質問をし、若しくは文書の提示を求めることができる。 art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-57/par-2 When carrying out the investigation referred to in the preceding paragraph, a court enforcement officer may enter immovable property, ask questions to the obligor or a third party possessing the immovable property or request that person to present documents. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 執行官は、前項の規定により不動産に立ち入る場合において、必要があるときは、閉鎖した戸を開くため必要な処分をすることができる。 art-57/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-57/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-57/par-3 In cases of entering immovable property pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if it is necessary, a court enforcement officer may take the necessary disposition to open a closed door. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 執行官は、第一項の調査のため必要がある場合には、市町村（特別区の存する区域にあつては、都）に対し、不動産（不動産が土地である場合にはその上にある建物を、不動産が建物である場合にはその敷地を含む。）に対して課される固定資産税に関して保有する図面その他の資料の写しの交付を請求することができる。 art-57/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-57/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-57/par-4 If it is necessary for the investigation referred to in paragraph (1), a court enforcement officer may request the municipality (or, for an area where there are special wards, the metropolitan government) to deliver copies of drawings or any other materials it possesses regarding the fixed property tax imposed on the immovable property (when the immovable property is land, it includes any building built on the land, and when the immovable property is a building, it includes the building site). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 執行官は、前項に規定する場合には、電気、ガス又は水道水の供給その他これらに類する継続的給付を行う公益事業を営む法人に対し、必要な事項の報告を求めることができる。 art-57/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-57/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-57/par-5 A court enforcement officer may, in the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, request corporations engaged in public welfare undertakings, which provide supply of electricity, gas or tap water or make any other continuous performance equivalent to that, to report necessary matters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-57/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第五十七条第一項 (Article 57, paragraph (1)), art-57/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-57/par-1 - art-57/par-3: 前項 → 民事執行法 第五十七条第二項 (Article 57, paragraph (2)), art-57/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-57/par-2 - art-57/par-4: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第五十七条第一項 (Article 57, paragraph (1)), art-57/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-57/par-1 - art-57/par-5: 前項 → 民事執行法 第五十七条第四項 (Article 57, paragraph (4)), art-57/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-57/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-57/par-4 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第五十七条第二項（現況調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-57/par-2 - 民事執行法 第五十七条第三項（現況調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-57/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-57/par-3 - 民事執行法 第五十七条第四項（現況調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-57/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-57/par-4 - 民事執行法 第五十七条第五項（現況調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-57/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-57/par-5 - 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 - 民事執行法 第九十六条第三項（強制管理のための不動産の占有等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-96/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-96/par-3 - 民事執行法 第百六十八条第九項（不動産の引渡し等の強制執行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-168/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-168/par-9 - 民事執行法 第二百十三条第一項第二号（陳述等拒絶の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-enforcement-act/art-213/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-213/par-1/item-2 --- ## 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