# 地方税法 / Local Tax Act — 第七十二条の六十八 (Article 72-68)

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- Law: 地方税法 (Local Tax Act), 昭和二十五年法律第二百二十六号
- English title "Local Tax Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
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- Provision: 第七十二条の六十八 (Article 72-68)（事業税に係る滞納処分） — address `art-72-68`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-01
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### 第七十二条の六十八（事業税に係る滞納処分） — Delinquent Tax Collection Procedures for Enterprise Tax
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<sup>art-72-68 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68</sup>

    **第一項**  事業税に係る滞納者が次の各号の一に該当するときは、道府県の徴税吏員は、当該事業税に係る地方団体の徴収金につき、滞納者の財産を差し押えなければならない。
    <sup>art-72-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-1</sup>
    If a person delinquent in payment of the enterprise tax falls under any one of the following items, a prefectural tax collection official must seize the property of the person delinquent in payment with respect to the local government levies relating to that enterprise tax:
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **一**  滞納者が督促を受け、その督促状を発した日から起算して十日を経過した日までにその督促に係る事業税に係る地方団体の徴収金を完納しないとき。
      <sup>art-72-68/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-1/item-1</sup>
      if the person delinquent in payment, having received a demand, fails to pay in full the local government levies relating to the enterprise tax pertaining to that demand by the day on which 10 days have elapsed counted from the day on which the demand letter was issued;
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **二**  滞納者が繰上徴収に係る告知により指定された納期限までに事業税に係る地方団体の徴収金を完納しないとき。
      <sup>art-72-68/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-1/item-2</sup>
      if the person delinquent in payment fails to pay in full the local government levies relating to the enterprise tax by the due date for payment designated by the notice concerning advance collection.
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第二項**  第二次納税義務者又は保証人について前項の規定を適用する場合には、同項第一号中「督促状」とあるのは、「納付の催告書」とする。
    <sup>art-72-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-2</sup>
    When the preceding paragraph is applied to a secondary taxpayer or guarantor, the term "demand letter" in item (i) of that paragraph is to read "written reminder to pay".
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第三項**  事業税に係る地方団体の徴収金の納期限後第一項第一号に規定する十日を経過した日までに、督促を受けた滞納者につき第十三条の二第一項各号の一に該当する事実が生じたときは、道府県の徴税吏員は、直ちにその財産を差し押えることができる。
    <sup>art-72-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-3</sup>
    If, by the day on which the 10 days prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i) have elapsed after the due date for payment of the local government levies relating to the enterprise tax, a fact falling under any one of the items of Article 13-2, paragraph (1) has arisen with respect to a person delinquent in payment who has received a demand, a prefectural tax collection official may seize that person's property immediately.
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    **第四項**  滞納者の財産につき強制換価手続が行われた場合には、道府県の徴税吏員は、執行機関（破産法第百十四条第一号に掲げる請求権に係る事業税に係る地方団体の徴収金の交付要求を行う場合には、その交付要求に係る破産事件を取り扱う裁判所）に対し、滞納に係る事業税に係る地方団体の徴収金につき、交付要求をしなければならない。
    <sup>art-72-68/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-4</sup>
    If a compulsory liquidation procedure has been carried out with respect to the property of a person delinquent in payment, a prefectural tax collection official must make a request for share distribution to the enforcement agency (in the case of a request for share distribution of local government levies relating to the enterprise tax for a claim set forth in Article 114, item (i) of the Bankruptcy Act, the court handling the bankruptcy case relating to that request for share distribution) with respect to the delinquent local government levies relating to the enterprise tax.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第五項**  道府県の徴税吏員は、第一項から第三項までの規定により差押をすることができる場合において、滞納者の財産で国税徴収法第八十六条第一項各号に掲げるものにつき、すでに他の地方団体の徴収金若しくは国税の滞納処分又はこれらの滞納処分の例による処分による差押がされているときは、当該財産についての交付要求は、参加差押によりすることができる。
    <sup>art-72-68/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-5</sup>
    If, in a case where a prefectural tax collection official is able to make a seizure under paragraphs (1) through (3), property of the person delinquent in payment that is listed in the items of Article 86, paragraph (1) of the National Tax Collection Act has already been seized by the delinquent tax collection procedure for other local government levies or national taxes, or by a disposition carried out in accordance with the rules for those delinquent tax collection procedures, the request for share distribution for that property may be made by participatory seizure.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第六項**  前各項に定めるものその他事業税に係る地方団体の徴収金の滞納処分については、国税徴収法に規定する滞納処分の例による。
    <sup>art-72-68/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-6</sup>
    Delinquent tax collection procedures for the local government levies relating to the enterprise tax, including those provided for in the preceding paragraphs, are governed by the rules for delinquent tax collection procedures prescribed in the National Tax Collection Act.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第七項**  前各項の規定による処分は、当該道府県の区域外においても行うことができる。
    <sup>art-72-68/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-7</sup>
    Dispositions under the preceding paragraphs may also be carried out outside the area of the prefecture concerned.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-72-68/par-2: 前項 → 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第一項 (Article 72-68, paragraph (1)), art-72-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-1
- art-72-68/par-2: 同項第一号 → 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第一項第一号 (Article 72-68, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-72-68/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-1/item-1
- art-72-68/par-3: 第一項第一号 → 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第一項第一号 (Article 72-68, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-72-68/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-1/item-1
- art-72-68/par-3: 第十三条の二第一項 → 地方税法 第十三条の二第一項 (Article 13-2, paragraph (1)), art-13-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-13-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-13-2/par-1
- art-72-68/par-4: 破産法第百十四条第一号 → 破産法 第百十四条第一項第一号 (Article 114, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-114/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-114/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-114/par-1/item-1
- art-72-68/par-5: 第一項から第三項まで → 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第一項 (Article 72-68, paragraph (1)), art-72-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-1
- art-72-68/par-5: 第一項から第三項まで → 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第二項 (Article 72-68, paragraph (2)), art-72-68/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-2
- art-72-68/par-5: 第一項から第三項まで → 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第三項 (Article 72-68, paragraph (3)), art-72-68/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-3
- art-72-68/par-5: 国税徴収法第八十六条第一項 → e-Gov law 334AC0000000147, 第八十六条第一項 (Article 86, paragraph (1)), art-86/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-72-68/par-6: 前各項 → 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第一項 (Article 72-68, paragraph (1)), art-72-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-1
- art-72-68/par-6: 前各項 → 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第二項 (Article 72-68, paragraph (2)), art-72-68/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-2
- art-72-68/par-6: 前各項 → 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第三項 (Article 72-68, paragraph (3)), art-72-68/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-3
- art-72-68/par-6: 前各項 → 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第四項 (Article 72-68, paragraph (4)), art-72-68/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-4
- art-72-68/par-6: 前各項 → 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第五項 (Article 72-68, paragraph (5)), art-72-68/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-5
- art-72-68/par-7: 前各項 → 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第一項 (Article 72-68, paragraph (1)), art-72-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-1
- art-72-68/par-7: 前各項 → 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第二項 (Article 72-68, paragraph (2)), art-72-68/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-2
- art-72-68/par-7: 前各項 → 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第三項 (Article 72-68, paragraph (3)), art-72-68/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-3
- art-72-68/par-7: 前各項 → 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第四項 (Article 72-68, paragraph (4)), art-72-68/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-4
- art-72-68/par-7: 前各項 → 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第五項 (Article 72-68, paragraph (5)), art-72-68/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-5
- art-72-68/par-7: 前各項 → 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第六項 (Article 72-68, paragraph (6)), art-72-68/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-6

## Cited by

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

- 地方税法 第七十二条の七第五項（徴税吏員の事業税に関する調査に係る質問検査権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-7/par-5
- 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第二項（事業税に係る滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-2
- 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第三項（事業税に係る滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-3
- 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第五項（事業税に係る滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-5
- 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第六項（事業税に係る滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-6
- 地方税法 第七十二条の六十八第七項（事業税に係る滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-68/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-68/par-7
- 地方税法 第七十二条の七十第一項第一号（国税徴収法の例による事業税に係る滞納処分に関する検査拒否等の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-70/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-70/par-1/item-1
- 地方税法 第七十二条の七十第一項第二号（国税徴収法の例による事業税に係る滞納処分に関する検査拒否等の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-70/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-70/par-1/item-2
- 地方税法 第七十二条の七十第一項第三号（国税徴収法の例による事業税に係る滞納処分に関する検査拒否等の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-70/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-70/par-1/item-3
- 地方税法 第七十二条の七十一第一項（国税徴収法の例による事業税に係る滞納処分に関する虚偽の陳述の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-72-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-72-71/par-1

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## Sources

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- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 地方税法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/487), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch local-tax-act-20261027T214204-039, translated 2026-10-28
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch local-tax-act-20261027T214204-067, translated 2026-10-28
- This site's parser, version 218 — 地方税法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-27