# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百六十七条の二 (Article 167-2)

- 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
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- Provision: 第百六十七条の二 (Article 167-2)（少額訴訟債権執行の開始等） — address `art-167-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
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### 第百六十七条の二（少額訴訟債権執行の開始等） — (Commencement of Enforcement Against a Claim Arising from a Small Claims Action)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-167-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2</sup>

      **第一項**  次に掲げる少額訴訟に係る債務名義による金銭債権に対する強制執行は、前目の定めるところにより裁判所が行うほか、第二条の規定にかかわらず、申立てにより、この目の定めるところにより裁判所書記官が行う。
      <sup>art-167-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-1</sup>
      Enforcement against a monetary claim that is based on the title of obligation arising from a small claims action stated in any of the following items is carried out by the court pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Division and, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 2, is carried out by the court clerk pursuant to the provisions of this Division, upon petition:
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  少額訴訟における確定判決
        <sup>art-167-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
        a final and binding judgment made in a small claims action;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  仮執行の宣言を付した少額訴訟の判決
        <sup>art-167-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
        a small claims judgment bearing a declaration of provisional enforcement;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **三**  少額訴訟における訴訟費用又は和解の費用の負担の額を定める裁判所書記官の処分
        <sup>art-167-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
        a disposition by a court clerk determining the amount of court costs or settlement costs being borne in a small claims action;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **四**  少額訴訟における和解又は認諾の調書又は電子調書
        <sup>art-167-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-1/item-4</sup>
        a record or electronic record of a settlement or acknowledgment in a small claims action; or
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **五**  少額訴訟における民事訴訟法第二百七十五条の二第一項の規定による和解に代わる決定
        <sup>art-167-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-1/item-5</sup>
        an order in lieu of settlement under Article 275-2, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure in a small claims action.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  前項の規定により裁判所書記官が行う同項の強制執行（以下この目において「少額訴訟債権執行」という。）は、裁判所書記官の差押処分により開始する。
      <sup>art-167-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-2</sup>
      The enforcement that the court clerk carries out pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (referred to as "enforcement against a claim arising from a small claims action" in this Division below) is commenced through a disposition of seizure by a court clerk.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第三項**  少額訴訟債権執行の申立ては、次の各号に掲げる債務名義の区分に応じ、それぞれ当該各号に定める簡易裁判所の裁判所書記官に対してする。
      <sup>art-167-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-3</sup>
      A petition for enforcement against a claim arising from a small claims action is filed with a court clerk of the summary courts specified in the following items for the categories of the title of obligation specified by respectively in those items:
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  第一項第一号に掲げる債務名義　同号の判決をした簡易裁判所
        <sup>art-167-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-3/item-1</sup>
        the title of obligation stated in paragraph (1), item (i):the summary court that has made the judgment referred to in the item;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  第一項第二号に掲げる債務名義　同号の判決をした簡易裁判所
        <sup>art-167-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-3/item-2</sup>
        the title of obligation stated in paragraph (1), item (ii):the summary court that has made the judgment referred to in the item;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **三**  第一項第三号に掲げる債務名義　同号の処分をした裁判所書記官の所属する簡易裁判所
        <sup>art-167-2/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-3/item-3</sup>
        the title of obligation stated in paragraph (1), item (iii):the summary court to which the court clerk who has made the disposition referred to in the item belongs;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **四**  第一項第四号に掲げる債務名義　同号の和解が成立し、又は同号の認諾がされた簡易裁判所
        <sup>art-167-2/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-3/item-4</sup>
        the title of obligation stated in paragraph (1), item (iv):the summary court in which the settlement referred to in the item is concluded or the acknowledgment referred to in that item is made; or
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **五**  第一項第五号に掲げる債務名義　同号の和解に代わる決定をした簡易裁判所
        <sup>art-167-2/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-3/item-5</sup>
        the title of obligation stated in paragraph (1), item (v):the summary court that has issued the order in lieu of settlement referred to in the item.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第四項**  第百四十四条第三項及び第四項の規定は、差押えに係る金銭債権（差押処分により差し押さえられた金銭債権に限る。以下この目において同じ。）について更に差押処分がされた場合について準用する。この場合において、同条第三項中「差押命令を発した執行裁判所」とあるのは「差押処分をした裁判所書記官の所属する簡易裁判所」と、「執行裁判所は」とあるのは「裁判所書記官は」と、「他の執行裁判所」とあるのは「他の簡易裁判所の裁判所書記官」と、同条第四項中「決定」とあるのは「裁判所書記官の処分」と読み替えるものとする。
      <sup>art-167-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-4</sup>
      The provisions of Article 144, paragraphs (3) and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the case where another disposition of seizure has been made for the monetary claim subject to a seizure (limited to a monetary claim seized based on a disposition of seizure; the same applies in this Division). In this case, the phrase "the enforcement court that has issued the order of seizure" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the summary court to which the court clerk who has made the disposition of seizure belongs," the phrase "the earlier enforcement court may" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the earlier court clerk may," the phrase "the other enforcement court" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "a court clerk of the other summary court," and the term "order" in paragraph (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "disposition by a court clerk."
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-167-2/par-1: 第二条 → 民事執行法 第二条 (Article 2), art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-2
- art-167-2/par-1/item-5: 民事訴訟法第二百七十五条の二第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百七十五条の二第一項 (Article 275-2, paragraph (1)), art-275-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-275-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-275-2/par-1
- art-167-2/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の二第一項 (Article 167-2, paragraph (1)), art-167-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-1
- art-167-2/par-3/item-1: 第一項第一号 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の二第一項第一号 (Article 167-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-167-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-1/item-1
- art-167-2/par-3/item-2: 第一項第二号 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の二第一項第二号 (Article 167-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-167-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-1/item-2
- art-167-2/par-3/item-3: 第一項第三号 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の二第一項第三号 (Article 167-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-167-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-1/item-3
- art-167-2/par-3/item-4: 第一項第四号 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の二第一項第四号 (Article 167-2, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-167-2/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-1/item-4
- art-167-2/par-3/item-5: 第一項第五号 → 民事執行法 第百六十七条の二第一項第五号 (Article 167-2, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-167-2/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-2/par-1/item-5
- art-167-2/par-4: 第百四十四条第三項 → 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
- art-167-2/par-4: 第四項 → 民事執行法 第百四十四条第四項 (Article 144, paragraph (4)), art-144/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-144/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-144/par-4

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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