# 民事執行法 / Civil Enforcement Act — 第九十一条 (Article 91)

- 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: 第九十一条 (Article 91)（配当等の額の供託） — address `art-91`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-91
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-91
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### 第九十一条（配当等の額の供託） — (Statutory Deposit in the Amount of Distribution)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-91 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-91 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-91</sup>

      **第一項**  配当等を受けるべき債権者の債権について次に掲げる事由があるときは、裁判所書記官は、その配当等の額に相当する金銭を供託しなければならない。
      <sup>art-91/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-91/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-91/par-1</sup>
      If any of the following grounds exist for the claim of an obligee who is to receive distribution or payment, the court clerk must make a statutory deposit of money equivalent to the amount of the distribution or payment:
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  停止条件付又は不確定期限付であるとき。
        <sup>art-91/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-91/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-91/par-1/item-1</sup>
        if the claim is one subject to a condition precedent or one with an uncertain due date;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  仮差押債権者の債権であるとき。
        <sup>art-91/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-91/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-91/par-1/item-2</sup>
        if the claim is one held by the obligee effecting a provisional seizure;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **三**  第三十九条第一項第七号又は第百八十三条第一項第二号ホに掲げる文書が提出されているとき。
        <sup>art-91/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-91/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-91/par-1/item-3</sup>
        if the document stated in Article 39, paragraph (1), item (vii) or Article 183, paragraph (1), item (ii), (e) has been submitted;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **四**  その債権に係る先取特権、質権又は抵当権（以下この項において「先取特権等」という。）の実行を一時禁止する裁判の正本が提出されているとき。
        <sup>art-91/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-91/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-91/par-1/item-4</sup>
        if an authenticated copy of a judicial decision temporarily prohibiting the enforcement of the statutory lien, pledge or mortgage (referred to as a "statutory lien or other charge" in this paragraph) under the claim has been submitted;
        <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

        **五**  その債権に係る先取特権等につき仮登記又は民事保全法第五十三条第二項に規定する仮処分による仮登記がされたものであるとき。
        <sup>art-91/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-91/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-91/par-1/item-5</sup>
        if provisional registration or provisional registration based on a provisional disposition under Article 53, paragraph (2) of the Civil Preservation Act has been made for the statutory lien or other charge under the claim;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **六**  仮差押え又は執行停止に係る差押えの登記後に登記された先取特権等があるため配当額が定まらないとき。
        <sup>art-91/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-91/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-91/par-1/item-6</sup>
        if the amount for distribution is not fixed due to the existence of a statutory lien or other charge that is registered after the registration of a provisional seizure or a seizure subject to a stay; or
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **七**  配当異議の訴えが提起されたとき。
        <sup>art-91/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-91/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-91/par-1/item-7</sup>
        if an action to oppose distribution has been filed.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  裁判所書記官は、配当等の受領のために執行裁判所に出頭しなかつた債権者（知れていない抵当証券の所持人を含む。）に対する配当等の額に相当する金銭を供託しなければならない。
      <sup>art-91/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-91/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-91/par-2</sup>
      The court clerk must make a statutory deposit of money equivalent to the amount of distribution or payment for any obligee who failed to appear to the enforcement court to receive distribution or payment (including any unknown holder of mortgage instruments).
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-91/par-1/item-3: 第三十九条第一項第七号 → 民事執行法 第三十九条第一項第七号 (Article 39, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-39/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-39/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-39/par-1/item-7
- art-91/par-1/item-3: 第百八十三条第一項第二号 → 民事執行法 第百八十三条第一項第二号 (Article 183, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-183/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-183/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-183/par-1/item-2
- art-91/par-1/item-4: この項 → 民事執行法 第九十一条第一項 (Article 91, paragraph (1)), art-91/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-91/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-91/par-1
- art-91/par-1/item-5: 民事保全法第五十三条第二項 → e-Gov law 401AC0000000091, 第五十三条第二項 (Article 53, paragraph (2)), art-53/par-2 — not held in this collection

## Cited by

11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民事執行法 第九十一条第一項第四号（配当等の額の供託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-91/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-91/par-1/item-4
- 民事執行法 第九十二条第一項（権利確定等に伴う配当等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-92/par-1
- 民事執行法 第九十二条第二項（権利確定等に伴う配当等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-92/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-92/par-2
- 民事執行法 第九十二条第三項（権利確定等に伴う配当等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-92/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-92/par-3
- 民事執行法 第九十二条第四項（権利確定等に伴う配当等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-92/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-92/par-4
- 民事執行法 第百八条第一項（管理人による配当等の額の供託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-108/par-1
- 民事執行法 第百十一条第一項（強制競売の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-111/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-111/par-1
- 民事執行法 第百四十二条第二項（執行裁判所による配当等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-142/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-142/par-2
- 民事執行法 第百六十六条第二項（配当等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-166/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-166/par-2
- 民事執行法 第百六十七条の十一第七項（配当等のための移行等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-167-11/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-167-11/par-7
- 破産法 第百九十一条第三項（配当等の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-191/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-191/par-3

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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-20261019T093630-003, 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
