# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第百八十一条 (Article 181) - 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: 第百八十一条 (Article 181)（不動産担保権の実行の開始） — address `art-181` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181 - 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. --- ### 第百八十一条（不動産担保権の実行の開始） — (Commencing Enforcement of a Security Interest in Immovable Property) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-181 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181 **第一項** 不動産担保権の実行は、第一号の申立て又は第二号の文書若しくは電磁的記録の提出があつたときに限り、開始する。 art-181/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-1 Enforcement of a security interest in immovable property is commenced only when a petition specified in item (i) or a document or electronic or magnetic record specified in item (ii) has been submitted: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 担保権の登記（仮登記を除く。）がされた不動産についての不動産担保権の実行の申立て art-181/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-1/item-1 a petition for enforcement of a security interest in immovable property regarding immovable property for which a security interest has been registered (excluding provisional registration); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 次に掲げるいずれかの文書又は電磁的記録 art-181/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-1/item-2 any of the following documents or electronic or magnetic records: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 担保権の存在を証する確定判決若しくは家事事件手続法第七十五条の審判又はこれらと同一の効力を有するものの謄本又は記録事項証明書 art-181/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-1/item-2/sub-1 a transcript or certificate of recorded information of a final and binding judgment, a ruling referred to in Article 75 of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act, or a document that has the same effect as that judgment or ruling, proving the existence of the security interest; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 担保権の存在を証する公証人が作成した公証人法第四十三条第一項第一号の公正証書の謄本、同項第二号の書面（公正証書に記録されている事項の全部を出力したものに限る。）又は同項第三号の電磁的記録（公正証書に記録されている事項の全部を記録したものに限る。） art-181/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-1/item-2/sub-2 a transcript of a notarial instrument referred to in Article 43, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Notary Act prepared by a notary, proving the existence of the security interest, a document referred to in item (ii) of that paragraph (limited to a document onto which all of the items recorded in the notarial instrument have been output), or an electronic or magnetic record referred to in item (iii) of that paragraph (limited to a record in which all of the items recorded in the notarial instrument have been recorded); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** 一般の先取特権にあつては、その存在を証する文書又は電磁的記録 art-181/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-1/item-2/sub-3 in the case of a general statutory lien, a document or electronic or magnetic record proving its existence. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 抵当証券の所持人が不動産担保権の実行の申立てをするには、抵当証券を提出しなければならない。 art-181/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-2 In order for a holder of mortgage instruments to file a petition for enforcement of a security interest in immovable property, the holder must submit the mortgage instruments. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 担保権について承継があつた後不動産担保権の実行の申立てをする場合には、相続その他の一般承継にあつてはその承継を証する文書を、その他の承継にあつてはその承継を証する裁判の謄本その他の公文書を提出しなければならない。 art-181/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-3 In the case of filing a petition for enforcement of a security interest in immovable property after the security interest has been succeeded, a document proving that succession must be submitted if that succession is inheritance or any other general succession, and a transcript of a judicial decision or any other official document proving that succession must be submitted if that succession is other than general succession. machine translation, not official **第四項** 不動産担保権の実行の開始決定がされたときは、裁判所書記官は、開始決定の送達に際し、次に掲げる事項を記録した電磁的記録を相手方に送付しなければならない。この場合において、不動産担保権の実行の申立てにおいて第一項第二号ハに掲げる文書又は電磁的記録が提出されたときは、併せて、当該文書又は当該電磁的記録に記載され、又は記録されている事項であつてファイルに記録されているものに係る電磁的記録を相手方に送付しなければならない。 art-181/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-4 When a commencement order for enforcement of a security interest in immovable property has been issued, the court clerk, at the time of servicing the commencement order, must send to the opposite person an electronic or magnetic record in which the matters stated in the following items are recorded. In this case, if a document or electronic or magnetic record stated in paragraph (1), item (ii), (c) is submitted upon the filing of a petition for enforcement of a security interest in immovable property, an electronic or magnetic record relating to the matters stated or recorded in the document or electronic or magnetic record that are recorded in a file must also be sent to the opposite person. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第一項第一号の申立てがあつた旨の表示又は不動産担保権の実行の申立てにおいて提出された同項第二号に掲げる文書若しくは電磁的記録の標目 art-181/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-4/item-1 an indication that a petition referred to in paragraph (1), item (i) is filed or a list of documents or electronic or magnetic records stated in item (ii) of that paragraph that were submitted upon the filing of a petition for enforcement of a security interest in immovable property; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 不動産担保権の実行の申立てにおいて提出された前二項に規定する文書又は電磁的記録の標目 art-181/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-4/item-2 a list of the documents or electronic or magnetic records prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs that were submitted upon the filing of a petition for enforcement of a security interest in immovable property. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a list of the documents or electronic or magnetic records prescribed in preceding two paragraphs that were submitted upon the filing of a petition for enforcement of a security interest in immovable property." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4900/tb --- ## Cites - art-181/par-1: 第一号 → 民事執行法 第百八十一条第一項第一号 (Article 181, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-181/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-1/item-1 - art-181/par-1: 第二号 → 民事執行法 第百八十一条第一項第二号 (Article 181, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-181/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-1/item-2 - art-181/par-1/item-2/sub-1: 家事事件手続法第七十五条 → e-Gov law 423AC0000000052, 第七十五条 (Article 75), art-75 — not held in this collection - art-181/par-1/item-2/sub-2: 公証人法第四十三条第一項第一号 → e-Gov law 141AC0000000053, 第四十三条第一項第一号 (Article 43, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-43/par-1/item-1 — not held in this collection - art-181/par-1/item-2/sub-2: 同項第二号 → e-Gov law 141AC0000000053, 第四十三条第一項第二号 (Article 43, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-43/par-1/item-2 — not held in this collection - art-181/par-1/item-2/sub-2: 同項第三号 → e-Gov law 141AC0000000053, 第四十三条第一項第三号 (Article 43, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-43/par-1/item-3 — not held in this collection - art-181/par-4: 第一項第二号 → 民事執行法 第百八十一条第一項第二号 (Article 181, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-181/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-1/item-2 - art-181/par-4/item-1: 第一項第一号 → 民事執行法 第百八十一条第一項第一号 (Article 181, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-181/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-1/item-1 - art-181/par-4/item-1: 同項第二号 → 民事執行法 第百八十一条第一項第二号 (Article 181, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-181/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-1/item-2 - art-181/par-4/item-2: 前二項 → 民事執行法 第百八十一条第二項 (Article 181, paragraph (2)), art-181/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-2 - art-181/par-4/item-2: 前二項 → 民事執行法 第百八十一条第三項 (Article 181, paragraph (3)), art-181/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-3 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第五十一条第一項（配当要求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-51/par-1 - 民事執行法 第百五条第一項（配当要求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-105/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-105/par-1 - 民事執行法 第百二十一条第一項（不動産に対する強制競売の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-121/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-121/par-1 - 民事執行法 第百八十一条第一項（不動産担保権の実行の開始） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-1 - 民事執行法 第百八十一条第四項（不動産担保権の実行の開始） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-4 - 民事執行法 第百八十一条第四項第一号（不動産担保権の実行の開始） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-4/item-1 - 民事執行法 第百八十一条第四項第二号（不動産担保権の実行の開始） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-181/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-181/par-4/item-2 - 民事執行法 第百八十三条第一項第二号ロ（不動産担保権の実行の手続の停止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-183/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-183/par-1/item-2/sub-2 - 民事執行法 第百八十七条第三項（担保不動産競売の開始決定前の保全処分等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-187/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-187/par-3 - 民事執行法 第百八十九条第一項（船舶の競売） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-189/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-189/par-1 - 民事執行法 第百九十三条第一項（債権及びその他の財産権についての担保権の実行の要件等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-193/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-193/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Enforcement Act (民事執行法), Article 181, paragraph (4), item (ii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4900/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-enforcement-act-20261019T093630-004, 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