# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第二百五条 (Article 205)

- 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: 第二百五条 (Article 205)（債務者の不動産に係る情報の取得） — address `art-205`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205
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### 第二百五条（債務者の不動産に係る情報の取得） — (Acquisition of Information Related to Immovable Property of Obligor)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-205 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205</sup>

  **第一項**  執行裁判所は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、それぞれ当該各号に定める者の申立てにより、法務省令で定める登記所に対し、債務者が所有権の登記名義人である土地又は建物その他これらに準ずるものとして法務省令で定めるものに対する強制執行又は担保権の実行の申立てをするのに必要となる事項として最高裁判所規則で定めるものについて情報の提供をすべき旨を命じなければならない。ただし、第一号に掲げる場合において、同号に規定する執行力のある債務名義の正本に基づく強制執行を開始することができないときは、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-1</sup>
  When any of the following items applies, an enforcement court must, upon a petition of a person provided by the item, order a registry specified by Ministry of Justice Order to provide information about matters specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court which is necessary for a petition for judicial enforcement or enforcement of a security interest to lands or buildings whose registered right holder of ownership is an obligor and matters specified by Ministry of Justice Order as being equivalent to these; provided, however, that this does not apply when it is not possible to commence judicial enforcement based on an authenticated copy of an enforceable title of obligation under the item (i) in the cases stated in the item:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  第百九十七条第一項各号のいずれかに該当する場合　執行力のある債務名義の正本を有する金銭債権の債権者
    <sup>art-205/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-1/item-1</sup>
    cases where any of the items of Article 197, paragraph (1) apply:obligee of a monetary claim who has an authenticated copy of an enforceable title of obligation; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  第百九十七条第二項各号のいずれかに該当する場合　債務者の財産について一般の先取特権を有することを証する文書を提出した債権者
    <sup>art-205/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-1/item-2</sup>
    cases where any of the items of Article 197, paragraph (2) apply:obligee who has submitted a document proving that it has a general statutory lien for property of the obligor
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の申立ては、財産開示期日における手続が実施された場合（当該財産開示期日に係る財産開示手続において第二百条第一項の許可がされたときを除く。）において、当該財産開示期日から三年以内に限り、することができる。
  <sup>art-205/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-2</sup>
  If procedures on the asset disclosure date were implemented (excluding the case where the permission of Article 200, paragraph (1) is given in an asset disclosure procedure related to the asset disclosure date), the petition of the preceding paragraph may be filed only within three years from the asset disclosure date.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  第一項の申立てを認容する決定がされたときは、当該決定（同項第二号に掲げる場合にあつては、当該決定及び同号に規定する文書の写し）を債務者に送達しなければならない。
  <sup>art-205/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-3</sup>
  When an order upholding the petition of paragraph (1) is issued, the order (in the case of item (ii) of that paragraph, the order and a copy of the document under that item) must be served upon the obligor.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第四項**  第一項の申立てについての裁判に対しては、執行抗告をすることができる。
  <sup>art-205/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-4</sup>
  An appeal may be filed against a judicial decision on the petition of paragraph (1).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第五項**  第一項の申立てを認容する決定は、確定しなければその効力を生じない。
  <sup>art-205/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-5</sup>
  An order upholding the petition of paragraph (1) is not effective until it becomes final and binding.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-205/par-1: 第一号 → 民事執行法 第二百五条第一項第一号 (Article 205, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-205/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-1/item-1
- art-205/par-1/item-1: 第百九十七条第一項 → 民事執行法 第百九十七条第一項 (Article 197, paragraph (1)), art-197/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-1
- art-205/par-1/item-2: 第百九十七条第二項 → 民事執行法 第百九十七条第二項 (Article 197, paragraph (2)), art-197/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-197/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-197/par-2
- art-205/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第二百五条第一項 (Article 205, paragraph (1)), art-205/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-1
- art-205/par-2: 第二百条第一項 → 民事執行法 第二百条第一項 (Article 200, paragraph (1)), art-200/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-200/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-200/par-1
- art-205/par-3: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第二百五条第一項 (Article 205, paragraph (1)), art-205/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-1
- art-205/par-3: 同項第二号 → 民事執行法 第二百五条第一項第二号 (Article 205, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-205/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-1/item-2
- art-205/par-4: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第二百五条第一項 (Article 205, paragraph (1)), art-205/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-1
- art-205/par-5: 第一項 → 民事執行法 第二百五条第一項 (Article 205, paragraph (1)), art-205/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-1

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- 民事執行法 第二百五条第一項（債務者の不動産に係る情報の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-1
- 民事執行法 第二百五条第二項（債務者の不動産に係る情報の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-2
- 民事執行法 第二百五条第三項（債務者の不動産に係る情報の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-3
- 民事執行法 第二百五条第四項（債務者の不動産に係る情報の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-4
- 民事執行法 第二百五条第五項（債務者の不動産に係る情報の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-205/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-205/par-5
- 民事執行法 第二百六条第三項（債務者の給与債権に係る情報の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-206/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-206/par-3
- 民事執行法 第二百八条第一項（情報の提供の方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-208/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-208/par-1
- 民事執行法 第二百九条第一項（第三者からの情報取得手続に係る事件の記録の閲覧等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-209/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-209/par-1
- 民事執行法 附則第五条第一項（第三者からの情報取得手続に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/suppl-5011-2/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/suppl-5011-2/art-5/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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-enforcement-act-20261019T093630-005, 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
