# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第二十七条 (Article 27) - 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: 第二十七条 (Article 27) — address `art-27` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十七条 art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27 **第一項** 請求が債権者の証明すべき事実の到来に係る場合においては、執行文は、債権者がその事実の到来したことを証する文書又は電磁的記録を提出したときに限り、付与することができる。 art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-1 If a claim involves the occurrence of a fact that an obligee is required to prove, the court clerk or notary may grant an attestation of enforceability only once the obligee has produced a document or electronic or magnetic record proving that the fact has occurred. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 債務名義に表示された当事者以外の者を債権者又は債務者とする執行文は、その者に対し、又はその者のために強制執行をすることができることが裁判所書記官若しくは公証人に明白であるとき、又は債権者がそのことを証する文書若しくは電磁的記録を提出したときに限り、付与することができる。 art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-2 The court clerk or notary may grant an attestation of enforceability naming a person other than the party indicated in the title of obligation as the obligee or obligor, but only if it is apparent to the court clerk or notary that judicial enforcement may be carried out for or against that person, or if the obligee has produced a document or electronic or magnetic record proving this. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 執行文は、債務名義について次に掲げる事由のいずれかがあり、かつ、当該債務名義に基づく不動産の引渡し又は明渡しの強制執行をする前に当該不動産を占有する者を特定することを困難とする特別の事情がある場合において、債権者がこれらを証する文書又は電磁的記録を提出したときに限り、債務者を特定しないで、付与することができる。 art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-3 If any of the following grounds are present in connection with the title of obligation and there are special circumstances that make it difficult to identify the person in possession of the immovable property before its delivery or eviction is enforced based on that title of obligation, the court clerk or notary may grant an attestation of enforceability without specifying the obligor, but only if the obligee has produced a document or electronic or magnetic record proving this: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 債務名義が不動産の引渡し又は明渡しの請求権を表示したものであり、これを本案とする占有移転禁止の仮処分命令（民事保全法（平成元年法律第九十一号）第二十五条の二第一項に規定する占有移転禁止の仮処分命令をいう。）が執行され、かつ、同法第六十二条第一項の規定により当該不動産を占有する者に対して当該債務名義に基づく引渡し又は明渡しの強制執行をすることができるものであること。 art-27/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-3/item-1 the title of obligation indicates a claim for the delivery or eviction of immovable property, an order of provisional disposition prohibiting the transfer of possession (meaning an order of provisional disposition prohibiting the transfer of possession prescribed in Article 25-2, paragraph (1) of the Civil Provisional Remedies Act (Act No. 91 of 1989)) has been carried out in connection with the principal proceedings involving that claim, and Article 62, paragraph (1) of the Civil Provisional Remedies Act permits the obligee to enforce delivery or surrender against the person in possession of the immovable property based on that title of obligation; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 債務名義が強制競売の手続（担保権の実行としての競売の手続を含む。以下この号において同じ。）における第八十三条第一項本文（第百八十八条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による命令（以下「引渡命令」という。）であり、当該強制競売の手続において当該引渡命令の引渡義務者に対し次のイからハまでのいずれかの保全処分及び公示保全処分（第五十五条第一項に規定する公示保全処分をいう。以下この項において同じ。）が執行され、かつ、第八十三条の二第一項（第百八十七条第五項又は第百八十八条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により当該不動産を占有する者に対して当該引渡命令に基づく引渡しの強制執行をすることができるものであること。 art-27/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-3/item-2 the title of obligation is an order under the main clause of Article 83, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 188) issued in proceedings for a compulsory auction (including the auctioning of property as a means of enforcing a security interest; the same applies in this item) (referred to as a "delivery order" below), the provisional order stated in any of (a) through (c) below or the provisional order to post a public notice (meaning the provisional order to post a public notice provided for in Article 55, paragraph (1); the same applies in this paragraph) stated in any of (a) through (c) below has been carried out against the person with a duty to deliver the property named in the delivery order in those proceedings, and the provisions of Article 83-2, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 187, paragraph (5) or Article 188) permit the obligee to enforce delivery against the person in possession of the immovable property based on that delivery order: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 第五十五条第一項第三号（第百八十八条において準用する場合を含む。）に掲げる保全処分及び公示保全処分 art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-1 the provisional order stated in Article 55, paragraph (1), item (iii) and the provisional order to post a public notice stated in that item (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 188); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 第七十七条第一項第三号（第百八十八条において準用する場合を含む。）に掲げる保全処分及び公示保全処分 art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-2 the provisional order stated in Article 77, paragraph (1), item (iii) or provisional order to post a public notice stated in that item (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 188); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** 第百八十七条第一項に規定する保全処分又は公示保全処分（第五十五条第一項第三号に掲げるものに限る。） art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-3 the provisional order provided for in Article 187, paragraph (1) or provisional order to post a public notice provided for in that paragraph (limited to one stated in Article 55, paragraph (1), item (iii)). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の執行文の付された債務名義の正本に基づく強制執行は、当該執行文の付与の日から四週間を経過する前であつて、当該強制執行において不動産の占有を解く際にその占有者を特定することができる場合に限り、することができる。 art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-4 Judicial enforcement based on an authenticated copy of a title of obligation bearing an attestation of enforceability as referred to in the preceding paragraph may only be carried out before the expiration of four weeks from the day on which the attestation of enforceability is granted, and only if the person in possession can be identified at the time the immovable property is removed from their possession through judicial enforcement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第三項の規定により付与された執行文については、前項の規定により当該執行文の付された債務名義の正本に基づく強制執行がされたときは、当該強制執行によつて当該不動産の占有を解かれた者が、債務者となる。 art-27/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-5 When judicial enforcement that is based on an authenticated copy of a title of obligation bearing an attestation of enforceability granted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) is carried out pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the person that has had the immovable property removed from their possession as a result of enforcement becomes the obligor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-27/par-3/item-1: 民事保全法（平成元年法律第九十一号）第二十五条の二第一項 → e-Gov law 401AC0000000091, 第二十五条の二第一項 (Article 25-2, paragraph (1)), art-25-2/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-27/par-3/item-1: 同法第六十二条第一項 → e-Gov law 401AC0000000091, 第六十二条第一項 (Article 62, paragraph (1)), art-62/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-27/par-3/item-2: この号 → 民事執行法 第二十七条第三項第二号 (Article 27, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-27/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-3/item-2 - art-27/par-3/item-2: 第八十三条第一項 → 民事執行法 第八十三条第一項 (Article 83, paragraph (1)), art-83/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-83/par-1 - art-27/par-3/item-2: 第百八十八条 → 民事執行法 第百八十八条 (Article 188), art-188 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-188 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-188 - art-27/par-3/item-2: 第五十五条第一項 → 民事執行法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55/par-1 - art-27/par-3/item-2: この項 → 民事執行法 第二十七条第三項 (Article 27, paragraph (3)), art-27/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-3 - art-27/par-3/item-2: 第八十三条の二第一項 → 民事執行法 第八十三条の二第一項 (Article 83-2, paragraph (1)), art-83-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-83-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-83-2/par-1 - art-27/par-3/item-2: 第百八十七条第五項 → 民事執行法 第百八十七条第五項 (Article 187, paragraph (5)), art-187/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-187/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-187/par-5 - art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-1: 第五十五条第一項第三号 → 民事執行法 第五十五条第一項第三号 (Article 55, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-55/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-55/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55/par-1/item-3 - art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-1: 第百八十八条 → 民事執行法 第百八十八条 (Article 188), art-188 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-188 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-188 - art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-2: 第七十七条第一項第三号 → 民事執行法 第七十七条第一項第三号 (Article 77, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-77/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-77/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-77/par-1/item-3 - art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-2: 第百八十八条 → 民事執行法 第百八十八条 (Article 188), art-188 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-188 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-188 - art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-3: 第百八十七条第一項 → 民事執行法 第百八十七条第一項 (Article 187, paragraph (1)), art-187/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-187/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-187/par-1 - art-27/par-3/item-2/sub-3: 第五十五条第一項第三号 → 民事執行法 第五十五条第一項第三号 (Article 55, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-55/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-55/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-55/par-1/item-3 - art-27/par-4: 前項 → 民事執行法 第二十七条第三項 (Article 27, paragraph (3)), art-27/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-3 - art-27/par-5: 第三項 → 民事執行法 第二十七条第三項 (Article 27, paragraph (3)), art-27/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-3 - art-27/par-5: 前項 → 民事執行法 第二十七条第四項 (Article 27, paragraph (4)), art-27/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-4 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民事執行法 第二十七条第三項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-3/item-2 - 民事執行法 第二十七条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-4 - 民事執行法 第二十七条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-5 - 民事執行法 第二十九条第一項（債務名義等の送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-29/par-1 - 民事執行法 第三十三条第一項（執行文付与の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-1 - 民事執行法 第三十四条第一項（執行文付与に対する異議の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-34/par-1 - 民事執行法 第百七十七条第一項（意思表示の擬制） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-177/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-177/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 - This site's parser, version 204 — 民事執行法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19