# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第十六条 (Article 16) - 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: 第十六条 (Article 16)（送達の特例） — address `art-16` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-16 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-16 - 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. --- ### 第十六条（送達の特例） — (Special Provisions on Service) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-16 **第一項** 民事執行の手続について、執行裁判所に対し申立て、申出若しくは届出をし、又は執行裁判所から文書の送達を受けた者は、送達を受けるべき場所（日本国内に限る。）を執行裁判所に届け出なければならない。この場合においては、送達受取人をも届け出ることができる。 art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-16/par-1 A person who has filed a petition, made an offer, or filed a notification with an enforcement court in connection with a civil enforcement procedure, or been served with a document by an enforcement court in connection with a civil enforcement procedure must notify the enforcement court of the place (limited to within Japan) at which they are to be served. In this case, the person may also notify the enforcement court of the designated person to be served. machine translation, not official **第二項** 民事訴訟法第百四条第二項及び第三項並びに第百七条の規定は、前項前段の場合について準用する。 art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-16/par-2 The provisions of Article 104, paragraphs (2) and (3) and Article 107 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to the cases referred to in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項前段の規定による届出をしない者（前項において準用する民事訴訟法第百四条第三項に規定する者を除く。）に対する送達は、事件の記録に表れたその者の住所、居所、営業所又は事務所においてする。 art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-16/par-3 Service on a person who has not filed a notification under the first sentence of paragraph (1) (excluding the person prescribed in Article 104, paragraph (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph) is to be made at the person's domicile, residence, business office, or office that is indicated in the case record. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前項の規定による送達をすべき場合において、第二十条において準用する民事訴訟法第百六条の規定により送達をすることができないときは、裁判所書記官は、同項の住所、居所、営業所又は事務所に宛てて、書類を書留郵便又は民間事業者による信書の送達に関する法律（平成十四年法律第九十九号）第二条第六項に規定する一般信書便事業者若しくは同条第九項に規定する特定信書便事業者の提供する同条第二項に規定する信書便の役務のうち書留郵便に準ずるものとして最高裁判所規則で定めるものに付して発送することができる。この場合においては、民事訴訟法第百七条第二項及び第三項の規定を準用する。 art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-16/par-4 If service under the preceding paragraph is to be effected but it is not possible to effect service pursuant to the provisions of Article 106 of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20, the court clerk may send the document to the domicile, residence, business office, or office referred to in the preceding paragraph by registered mail or using services for delivering correspondence that are prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators (Act No. 99 of 2002) that are provided by a general correspondence delivery provider prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article or specified correspondence delivery provider prescribed in paragraph (9) of that Article and that are specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court as services equivalent to registered mail. In this case, the provisions of Article 107, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis. machine translation, not official **第五項** 民事執行の手続における公示送達は、裁判所書記官が送達すべき書類を保管し、いつでも送達を受けるべき者に交付すべき旨を裁判所の掲示場に掲示してする。 art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-16/par-5 Service by publication in a civil enforcement procedure is to be made by the court clerk keeping the document to be served and posting, on the court's bulletin board, a notice to the effect that the document is to be delivered to the person to be served at any time. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-16/par-2: 民事訴訟法第百四条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四条第二項 (Article 104, paragraph (2)), art-104/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104/par-2 - art-16/par-2: 第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四条第三項 (Article 104, paragraph (3)), art-104/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104/par-3 - art-16/par-2: 第百七条 → 民事訴訟法 第百七条 (Article 107), art-107 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107 - art-16/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-16/par-1 - art-16/par-3: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-16/par-1 - art-16/par-3: 前項 → 民事執行法 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-16/par-2 - art-16/par-3: 民事訴訟法第百四条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四条第三項 (Article 104, paragraph (3)), art-104/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104/par-3 - art-16/par-4: 前項 → 民事執行法 第十六条第三項 (Article 16, paragraph (3)), art-16/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-16/par-3 - art-16/par-4: 第二十条 → 民事執行法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-20 - art-16/par-4: 民事訴訟法第百六条 → 民事訴訟法 第百六条 (Article 106), art-106 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-106 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-106 - art-16/par-4: 民間事業者による信書の送達に関する法律（平成十四年法律第九十九号）第二条第六項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000099, 第二条第六項 (Article 2, paragraph (6)), art-2/par-6 — not held in this collection - art-16/par-4: 同条第九項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000099, 第二条第九項 (Article 2, paragraph (9)), art-2/par-9 — not held in this collection - art-16/par-4: 同条第二項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000099, 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-16/par-4: 民事訴訟法第百七条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百七条第二項 (Article 107, paragraph (2)), art-107/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107/par-2 - art-16/par-4: 第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百七条第三項 (Article 107, paragraph (3)), art-107/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107/par-3 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第十六条第二項（送達の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-16/par-2 - 民事執行法 第十六条第三項（送達の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-16/par-3 - 民事執行法 第十六条第四項（送達の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-16/par-4 - 民事執行法 第二十一条の二第三項（家庭裁判所における執行関係訴訟手続に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-21-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-21-2/par-3 - 民事執行法 第八十五条第七項（配当表の作成） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-85/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-85/par-7 - 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十三第一項（総則規定の適用関係） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-13/par-1 - 民事執行法 附則第五条第一項（特例執行文付与申立事件に適用する規定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-3541-4/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-3541-4/art-5/par-1 --- ## 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-20261019T093630-001, 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