# 地方税法 / Local Tax Act — 第三百三十一条 (Article 331)

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- Law: 地方税法 (Local Tax Act), 昭和二十五年法律第二百二十六号
- English title "Local Tax Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第三百三十一条 (Article 331)（市町村民税に係る滞納処分） — address `art-331`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331
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### 第三百三十一条（市町村民税に係る滞納処分） — Delinquent Tax Collection Procedures for Municipal Inhabitant Tax
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<sup>art-331 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331</sup>

    **第一項**  市町村民税に係る滞納者が次の各号の一に該当するときは、市町村の徴税吏員は、当該市町村民税に係る地方団体の徴収金につき、滞納者の財産を差し押えなければならない。
    <sup>art-331/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-1</sup>
    When a person delinquent in payment of municipal inhabitant tax falls under any one of the following items, a municipal tax collection official must seize the property of the person delinquent in payment with respect to the local government levies relating to that municipal inhabitant tax.
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      **一**  滞納者が督促を受け、その督促状を発した日から起算して十日を経過した日までにその督促に係る市町村民税に係る地方団体の徴収金を完納しないとき。
      <sup>art-331/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-1/item-1</sup>
      when the person delinquent in payment has received a demand and does not pay in full, by the day on which 10 days elapse counting from the day on which the demand letter was issued, the local government levies relating to municipal inhabitant tax pertaining to that demand;
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      **二**  滞納者が繰上徴収に係る告知により指定された納期限までに市町村民税に係る地方団体の徴収金を完納しないとき。
      <sup>art-331/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-1/item-2</sup>
      when the person delinquent in payment does not pay in full the local government levies relating to municipal inhabitant tax by the due date for payment designated by the notice relating to advance collection.
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    **第二項**  第二次納税義務者又は保証人について前項の規定を適用する場合には、同項第一号中「督促状」とあるのは、「納付又は納入の催告書」とする。
    <sup>art-331/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-2</sup>
    Where the preceding paragraph is applied to a secondary taxpayer or guarantor, the term "demand letter" in item (i) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "written reminder for payment or remittance."
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    **第三項**  市町村民税に係る地方団体の徴収金の納期限後第一項第一号に規定する十日を経過した日までに、督促を受けた滞納者につき第十三条の二第一項各号の一に該当する事実が生じたときは、市町村の徴税吏員は、直ちにその財産を差し押えることができる。
    <sup>art-331/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-3</sup>
    If, by the day on which the 10 days prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i) have elapsed after the due date for payment of local government levies pertaining to municipal inhabitant tax, a fact falling under any one of the items of Article 13-2, paragraph (1) arises with respect to a person delinquent in payment who has been served a demand, the municipal tax collection official may immediately seize that person's property.
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    **第四項**  滞納者の財産につき強制換価手続が行われた場合には、市町村の徴税吏員は、執行機関（破産法第百十四条第一号に掲げる請求権に係る市町村民税に係る地方団体の徴収金の交付要求を行う場合には、その交付要求に係る破産事件を取り扱う裁判所）に対し、滞納に係る市町村民税に係る地方団体の徴収金につき、交付要求をしなければならない。
    <sup>art-331/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-4</sup>
    If compulsory liquidation procedures have been carried out with respect to the property of a person delinquent in payment, the municipal tax collection official must make a request for share distribution, with respect to the local government levies pertaining to municipal inhabitant tax that are in arrears, to the enforcement agency (the court handling the bankruptcy case pertaining to the request for share distribution, where the request is made for local government levies pertaining to municipal inhabitant tax that relate to a claim listed in Article 114, item (i) of the Bankruptcy Act).
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    **第五項**  市町村の徴税吏員は、第一項から第三項までの規定により差押をすることができる場合において、滞納者の財産で国税徴収法第八十六条第一項各号に掲げるものにつき、すでに他の地方団体の徴収金若しくは国税の滞納処分又はこれらの滞納処分の例による処分による差押がされているときは、当該財産についての交付要求は、参加差押によりすることができる。
    <sup>art-331/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-5</sup>
    In a case where the municipal tax collection official may effect seizure under paragraphs (1) through (3), if property of the person delinquent in payment that is listed in the items of Article 86, paragraph (1) of the National Tax Collection Act has already been seized in a delinquent tax collection procedure for local government levies of another local government or for national taxes, or in a disposition following the example of such a delinquent tax collection procedure, a request for share distribution with respect to that property may be made by participatory seizure.
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    **第六項**  前各項に定めるものその他市町村民税に係る地方団体の徴収金の滞納処分については、国税徴収法に規定する滞納処分の例による。
    <sup>art-331/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-6</sup>
    The delinquent tax collection procedure for local government levies pertaining to municipal inhabitant tax, with respect to what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs and other matters, is to follow the example of the delinquent tax collection procedure prescribed in the National Tax Collection Act.
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    **第七項**  前各項の規定による処分は、当該市町村の区域外においても行うことができる。
    <sup>art-331/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-7</sup>
    A disposition under the preceding paragraphs may also be carried out outside the area of the municipality concerned.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-331/par-2: 前項 → 地方税法 第三百三十一条第一項 (Article 331, paragraph (1)), art-331/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-1
- art-331/par-2: 同項第一号 → 地方税法 第三百三十一条第一項第一号 (Article 331, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-331/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-1/item-1
- art-331/par-3: 第一項第一号 → 地方税法 第三百三十一条第一項第一号 (Article 331, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-331/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-1/item-1
- art-331/par-3: 第十三条の二第一項 → 地方税法 第十三条の二第一項 (Article 13-2, paragraph (1)), art-13-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-13-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-13-2/par-1
- art-331/par-4: 破産法第百十四条第一号 → 破産法 第百十四条第一項第一号 (Article 114, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-114/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/bankruptcy-act/art-114/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-114/par-1/item-1
- art-331/par-5: 第一項から第三項まで → 地方税法 第三百三十一条第一項 (Article 331, paragraph (1)), art-331/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-1
- art-331/par-5: 第一項から第三項まで → 地方税法 第三百三十一条第二項 (Article 331, paragraph (2)), art-331/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-2
- art-331/par-5: 第一項から第三項まで → 地方税法 第三百三十一条第三項 (Article 331, paragraph (3)), art-331/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-3
- art-331/par-5: 国税徴収法第八十六条第一項 → e-Gov law 334AC0000000147, 第八十六条第一項 (Article 86, paragraph (1)), art-86/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-331/par-6: 前各項 → 地方税法 第三百三十一条第一項 (Article 331, paragraph (1)), art-331/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-1
- art-331/par-6: 前各項 → 地方税法 第三百三十一条第二項 (Article 331, paragraph (2)), art-331/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-2
- art-331/par-6: 前各項 → 地方税法 第三百三十一条第三項 (Article 331, paragraph (3)), art-331/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-3
- art-331/par-6: 前各項 → 地方税法 第三百三十一条第四項 (Article 331, paragraph (4)), art-331/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-4
- art-331/par-6: 前各項 → 地方税法 第三百三十一条第五項 (Article 331, paragraph (5)), art-331/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-5
- art-331/par-7: 前各項 → 地方税法 第三百三十一条第一項 (Article 331, paragraph (1)), art-331/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-1
- art-331/par-7: 前各項 → 地方税法 第三百三十一条第二項 (Article 331, paragraph (2)), art-331/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-2
- art-331/par-7: 前各項 → 地方税法 第三百三十一条第三項 (Article 331, paragraph (3)), art-331/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-3
- art-331/par-7: 前各項 → 地方税法 第三百三十一条第四項 (Article 331, paragraph (4)), art-331/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-4
- art-331/par-7: 前各項 → 地方税法 第三百三十一条第五項 (Article 331, paragraph (5)), art-331/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-5
- art-331/par-7: 前各項 → 地方税法 第三百三十一条第六項 (Article 331, paragraph (6)), art-331/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-6

## Cited by

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

- 地方税法 第二百九十八条第四項（徴税吏員の市町村民税に関する調査に係る質問検査権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-298/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-298/par-4
- 地方税法 第三百三十一条第二項（市町村民税に係る滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-2
- 地方税法 第三百三十一条第三項（市町村民税に係る滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-3
- 地方税法 第三百三十一条第五項（市町村民税に係る滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-5
- 地方税法 第三百三十一条第六項（市町村民税に係る滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-6
- 地方税法 第三百三十一条第七項（市町村民税に係る滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-331/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-331/par-7
- 地方税法 第三百三十三条第一項第一号（国税徴収法の例による市町村民税に係る滞納処分に関する検査拒否等の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-333/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-333/par-1/item-1
- 地方税法 第三百三十三条第一項第二号（国税徴収法の例による市町村民税に係る滞納処分に関する検査拒否等の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-333/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-333/par-1/item-2
- 地方税法 第三百三十三条第一項第三号（国税徴収法の例による市町村民税に係る滞納処分に関する検査拒否等の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-333/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-333/par-1/item-3
- 地方税法 第三百三十四条第一項（国税徴収法の例による市町村民税に係る滞納処分に関する虚偽の陳述の罪） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-334/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-334/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 地方税法 — the text in force from 2026-10-16 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000226/20261016_508AC0000000002), retrieved 2026-10-27
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 地方税法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/487), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch local-tax-act-20261027T202151-156, translated 2026-10-28
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch local-tax-act-20261027T214204-103, translated 2026-10-28
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch local-tax-act-20261027T214204-123, translated 2026-10-28
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch local-tax-act-20261027T214204-124, translated 2026-10-28
- This site's parser, version 218 — 地方税法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-27