# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百六十五条 (Article 165)

- 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: 第百六十五条 (Article 165)（配当等を受けるべき債権者の範囲） — address `art-165`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-165
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### 第百六十五条（配当等を受けるべき債権者の範囲） — (Scope of Obligees Entitled to Distribution)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-165 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-165 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-165</sup>

      **第一項**  配当等を受けるべき債権者は、次に掲げる時までに差押え、仮差押えの執行又は配当要求をした債権者とする。
      <sup>art-165/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-165/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-165/par-1</sup>
      Obligees entitled to distribution or payment are obligees who have carried out a seizure or a provisional seizure or have made a distribution demand by any of the following times:
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  第三債務者が第百五十六条第一項から第三項までの規定による供託をした時
        <sup>art-165/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-165/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-165/par-1/item-1</sup>
        the time when the third party obligor made a statutory deposit under Article 156, paragraphs (1) through (3);
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  取立訴訟の訴状が第三債務者に送達された時
        <sup>art-165/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-165/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-165/par-1/item-2</sup>
        the time when a complaint for a suit for collection is served upon the third party obligor;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **三**  売却命令により執行官が売得金の交付を受けた時
        <sup>art-165/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-165/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-165/par-1/item-3</sup>
        the time when a court enforcement officer received delivery of proceeds based on a sale order; or
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **四**  動産引渡請求権の差押えの場合にあつては、執行官がその動産の引渡しを受けた時
        <sup>art-165/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-165/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-165/par-1/item-4</sup>
        in the case of a seizure of a claim for delivery of movables, the time when a court enforcement officer received delivery of the movables.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-165/par-1/item-1: 第百五十六条第一項から第三項まで → 民事執行法 第百五十六条第一項 (Article 156, paragraph (1)), art-156/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-156/par-1
- art-165/par-1/item-1: 第百五十六条第一項から第三項まで → 民事執行法 第百五十六条第二項 (Article 156, paragraph (2)), art-156/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-156/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-156/par-2
- art-165/par-1/item-1: 第百五十六条第一項から第三項まで → 民事執行法 第百五十六条第三項 (Article 156, paragraph (3)), art-156/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-156/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-156/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 民事執行法 第九十三条の四第一項（給付請求権に対する競合する債権差押命令等の効力の停止等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-93-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-93-4/par-1
- 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十四第一項（債権執行の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-14/par-1

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## 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