# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百四十四条 (Article 144) - 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: 第百四十四条 (Article 144)（執行裁判所） — address `art-144` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-144 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-144 - 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. --- ### 第百四十四条（執行裁判所） — (Enforcement Court) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-144 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-144 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-144 **第一項** 債権執行については、債務者の普通裁判籍の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所が、この普通裁判籍がないときは差し押さえるべき債権の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所が、執行裁判所として管轄する。 art-144/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-144/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-144/par-1 The district court having jurisdiction in the locality of the general venue of the obligor has jurisdiction over enforcement against a claim as the enforcement court, and if there is no general venue, the district court having jurisdiction in the locality of the claim to be seized has jurisdiction over enforcement as the enforcement court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 差し押さえるべき債権は、その債権の債務者（以下「第三債務者」という。）の普通裁判籍の所在地にあるものとする。ただし、船舶又は動産の引渡しを目的とする債権及び物上の担保権により担保される債権は、その物の所在地にあるものとする。 art-144/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-144/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-144/par-2 A claim to be seized is deemed to exist within the locality of the general venue of the obligor of that claim (referred to as the "third party obligor" below); provided, however, that a claim for delivery of a vessel or movables and a claim secured by a security interest in property is deemed to exist within the locality of the property. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 差押えに係る債権（差押命令により差し押さえられた債権に限る。以下この目において同じ。）について更に差押命令が発せられた場合において、差押命令を発した執行裁判所が異なるときは、執行裁判所は、事件を他の執行裁判所に移送することができる。 art-144/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-144/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-144/par-3 If another order of seizure has been issued for a claim subject to a seizure (limited to a claim that has been seized based on an order of seizure; the same applies in this Division), if the enforcement court that has issued that order of seizure is different from the earlier enforcement court, either enforcement court may transfer its case to the other enforcement court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定による決定に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。 art-144/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-144/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-144/par-4 No appeal may be entered against an order under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-144/par-4: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百四十四条第三項 (Article 144, paragraph (3)), art-144/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-144/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-144/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第百四十四条第四項（執行裁判所） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-144/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-144/par-4 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の二第四項（少額訴訟債権執行の開始等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-4 - 民事執行法 第百七十条第二項（目的物を第三者が占有する場合の引渡しの強制執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-170/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-170/par-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