# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第三十三条 (Article 33)

- 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: 第三十三条 (Article 33)（執行文付与の訴え） — address `art-33`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33
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### 第三十三条（執行文付与の訴え） — (Action for the Granting of an Attestation of Enforceability)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33</sup>

  **第一項**  第二十七条第一項又は第二項に規定する文書又は電磁的記録の提出をすることができないときは、債権者は、執行文（同条第三項の規定により付与されるものを除く。）の付与を求めるために、執行文付与の訴えを提起することができる。
  <sup>art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-1</sup>
  If an obligee is unable to produce the document or electronic or magnetic record prescribed in Article 27, paragraph (1) or (2), the obligee may file an action seeking an attestation of enforceability to ask for an attestation of enforceability to be granted (excluding one that is granted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article).
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  **第二項**  前項の訴えは、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裁判所が管轄する。
  <sup>art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2</sup>
  The court provided in the following relevant items has jurisdiction over an action as stated in the preceding paragraph for the category of title of obligation stated in that item:
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    **一**  第二十二条第一号から第三号まで又は第六号から第六号の五までに掲げる債務名義並びに同条第七号に掲げる債務名義のうち次号、第一号の三及び第六号に掲げるもの以外のもの　第一審裁判所
    <sup>art-33/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-1</sup>
    a title of obligation as stated in Article 22, items (i) through (iii) or items (vi) through (vi)-5, or a title of obligation as stated in item (vii) of that Article other than one as stated in the following item, item (i)-3, or item (vi):the court of first instance;
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    **一の二**  第二十二条第三号の二に掲げる債務名義並びに同条第七号に掲げる債務名義のうち損害賠償命令並びに損害賠償命令事件に関する手続における和解及び請求の認諾に係るもの　損害賠償命令事件が係属していた地方裁判所
    <sup>art-33/par-2/item-1-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-1-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-1-2</sup>
    a title of obligation as stated in Article 22, item (iii)-2, or a title of obligation as stated in item (vii) of that Article that relates to an order for damages or to a settlement or acknowledgment of a claim in the proceedings of a case involving an order for damages:the district court before which the order for damages is pending;
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    **一の三**  第二十二条第三号の三に掲げる債務名義並びに同条第七号に掲げる債務名義のうち届出債権支払命令並びに簡易確定手続における届出債権の認否及び和解に係るもの　簡易確定手続が係属していた地方裁判所
    <sup>art-33/par-2/item-1-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-1-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-1-3</sup>
    a title of obligation as stated in Article 22, item (iii)-3 or a title of obligation as stated in item (vii) of that Article that relates to an order to pay a filed claim, or to approval or denial of a filed claim or a settlement in simple determination proceedings:the district court before which the simple determination proceedings were pending;
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    **二**  第二十二条第四号に掲げる債務名義のうち次号に掲げるもの以外のもの　仮執行の宣言を付した支払督促を発した裁判所書記官の所属する簡易裁判所（仮執行の宣言を付した支払督促に係る請求が簡易裁判所の管轄に属しないものであるときは、その簡易裁判所の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所）
    <sup>art-33/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-2</sup>
    a title of obligation as stated in Article 22, item (iv), other than one as stated in the following item:the summary court to which the court clerk who has issued the demand for payment bearing a declaration of provisional enforcement belongs (or, if the claim connected with that demand is not under the jurisdiction of the summary court, the district court having jurisdiction in the locality of the summary court);
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    **三**  第二十二条第四号に掲げる債務名義のうち民事訴訟法第三百九十七条に規定する指定簡易裁判所の裁判所書記官に対してされた支払督促の申立てによるもの　当該支払督促の申立てについて同法第三百九十八条の規定により訴えの提起があつたものとみなされる裁判所
    <sup>art-33/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-3</sup>
    a title of obligation as stated in Article 22, item (iv) that is based on a petition for a demand for payment filed with the court clerk of a designated summary court under Article 397 of the Code of Civil Procedure:the court with which an action is deemed to have been filed pursuant to the provisions of Article 398 of that Act as it concerns that petition;
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    **四**  第二十二条第四号の二に掲げる債務名義　同号の処分をした裁判所書記官の所属する裁判所
    <sup>art-33/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-4</sup>
    a title of obligation as stated in Article 22, item (iv)-2:the court to which the court clerk who has taken the measure stated in that item belongs;
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    **五**  第二十二条第五号に掲げる債務名義　債務者の普通裁判籍の所在地を管轄する裁判所（この普通裁判籍がないときは、請求の目的又は差し押さえることができる債務者の財産の所在地を管轄する裁判所）
    <sup>art-33/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-5</sup>
    a title of obligation as stated in Article 22, item (v):the court having jurisdiction in the locality of the general venue for the obligor (or, if the obligor has no general venue, the court having jurisdiction in the locality of the subject matter of the claim or the obligor's seizable property); and
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    **六**  第二十二条第七号に掲げる債務名義のうち和解若しくは調停（上級裁判所において成立した和解及び調停を除く。）又は労働審判に係るもの（第一号の二及び第一号の三に掲げるものを除く。）　和解若しくは調停が成立した簡易裁判所、地方裁判所若しくは家庭裁判所（簡易裁判所において成立した和解又は調停に係る請求が簡易裁判所の管轄に属しないものであるときは、その簡易裁判所の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所）又は労働審判が行われた際に労働審判事件が係属していた地方裁判所
    <sup>art-33/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-6</sup>
    a title of obligation as stated in Article 22, item (vii) that relates to a settlement or mediation (excluding a settlement or mediation reached in an upper instance court) or to a labor tribunal decision (excluding a title of obligation as stated in item (i)-2 or (i)-3):the summary court, district court, or family court where the settlement or mediation is reached (or, if the claim involved in the settlement or mediation that is reached in summary court is not under the jurisdiction of the summary court, the district court having jurisdiction in the locality of the summary court), or the district court before which the labor tribunal case is pending when the labor tribunal decision is made.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-33/par-1: 第二十七条第一項 → 民事執行法 第二十七条第一項 (Article 27, paragraph (1)), art-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-1
- art-33/par-1: 第二項 → 民事執行法 第二十七条第二項 (Article 27, paragraph (2)), art-27/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-27/par-2
- art-33/par-1: 同条第三項 → 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-33/par-2: 前項 → 民事執行法 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-1
- art-33/par-2/item-1: 第二十二条第一号から第三号まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第一号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-22/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-1
- art-33/par-2/item-1: 第二十二条第一号から第三号まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第二号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-22/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-2
- art-33/par-2/item-1: 第二十二条第一号から第三号まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第三号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-22/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-3
- art-33/par-2/item-1: 第六号から第六号の五まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第六号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-22/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-6
- art-33/par-2/item-1: 第六号から第六号の五まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第六号の二 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (vi-2)), art-22/par-1/item-6-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-6-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-6-2
- art-33/par-2/item-1: 第六号から第六号の五まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第六号の三 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (vi-3)), art-22/par-1/item-6-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-6-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-6-3
- art-33/par-2/item-1: 第六号から第六号の五まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第六号の四 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (vi-4)), art-22/par-1/item-6-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-6-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-6-4
- art-33/par-2/item-1: 第六号から第六号の五まで → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第六号の五 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (vi-5)), art-22/par-1/item-6-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-6-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-6-5
- art-33/par-2/item-1: 同条第七号 → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第七号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-22/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-7
- art-33/par-2/item-1: 次号 → 民事執行法 第三十三条第二項第二号 (Article 33, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-33/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-2
- art-33/par-2/item-1: 第一号の三 → 民事執行法 第三十三条第二項第一号の三 (Article 33, paragraph (2), item (i-3)), art-33/par-2/item-1-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-1-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-1-3
- art-33/par-2/item-1: 第六号 → 民事執行法 第三十三条第二項第六号 (Article 33, paragraph (2), item (vi)), art-33/par-2/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-6
- art-33/par-2/item-1-2: 第二十二条第三号の二 → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第三号の二 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iii-2)), art-22/par-1/item-3-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-3-2
- art-33/par-2/item-1-2: 同条第七号 → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第七号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-22/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-7
- art-33/par-2/item-1-3: 第二十二条第三号の三 → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第三号の三 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iii-3)), art-22/par-1/item-3-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-3-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-3-3
- art-33/par-2/item-1-3: 同条第七号 → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第七号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-22/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-7
- art-33/par-2/item-2: 第二十二条第四号 → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第四号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-22/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-4
- art-33/par-2/item-2: 次号 → 民事執行法 第三十三条第二項第三号 (Article 33, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-33/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-3
- art-33/par-2/item-3: 第二十二条第四号 → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第四号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-22/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-4
- art-33/par-2/item-3: 民事訴訟法第三百九十七条 → 民事訴訟法 第三百九十七条 (Article 397), art-397 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-397 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-397
- art-33/par-2/item-3: 同法第三百九十八条 → 民事訴訟法 第三百九十八条 (Article 398), art-398 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-398 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-398
- art-33/par-2/item-4: 第二十二条第四号の二 → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第四号の二 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iv-2)), art-22/par-1/item-4-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-4-2
- art-33/par-2/item-5: 第二十二条第五号 → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第五号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-22/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-5
- art-33/par-2/item-6: 第二十二条第七号 → 民事執行法 第二十二条第一項第七号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-22/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-22/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-22/par-1/item-7
- art-33/par-2/item-6: 第一号の二 → 民事執行法 第三十三条第二項第一号の二 (Article 33, paragraph (2), item (i-2)), art-33/par-2/item-1-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-1-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-1-2
- art-33/par-2/item-6: 第一号の三 → 民事執行法 第三十三条第二項第一号の三 (Article 33, paragraph (2), item (i-3)), art-33/par-2/item-1-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-1-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-1-3

## Cited by

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- 民事執行法 第二十一条の二第一項（家庭裁判所における執行関係訴訟手続に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-21-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-21-2/par-1
- 民事執行法 第三十三条第二項（執行文付与の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2
- 民事執行法 第三十三条第二項第一号（執行文付与の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-1
- 民事執行法 第三十三条第二項第二号（執行文付与の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-2
- 民事執行法 第三十三条第二項第六号（執行文付与の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-33/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-33/par-2/item-6
- 民事執行法 第三十四条第三項（執行文付与に対する異議の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-34/par-3
- 民事執行法 第三十五条第三項（請求異議の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-35/par-3
- 民事執行法 第百七十一条第二項（代替執行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-171/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-171/par-2
- 民事執行法 第百七十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-173/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-173/par-2
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