Obtaining Information on the Debtor's Assets for Effective Civil Enforcement

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K01394
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 05060:Civil law-related
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: WATANABE MIYUKI 名古屋大学, 法学研究科, 教授 (40271853)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 民事執行法 / 債務者の財産情報の取得 / 弁護士会照会

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The newly established procedures still contain problems, such as the basis for the third parties obligation to provide information, the scope of information, and the requirements for use. However, the number of uses is steadily increasing, and future trends are attracting attention. On the other hand, the Bar association inquiry is not only intended for civil enforcement, there are problems such as the burden on the reference and the instability of information acquisition (the use of arbitration in a broad sense would be effective in determining the obligation to accept inquiry). In this study, based on the characteristics of these procedures, their mutual relationships are analyzed and the guidelines for the use of procedures are presented. In addition, it will be necessary to consider the case where the obligee does not have a title of obligation, but the need to obtain obligor's information is high, such as the preservation of assets related to proceedings for corrective redress.

Free Research Field

民事手続法

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

債務名義を基礎として金銭執行を行うには、債権者が債務者の財産状況等について一定の情報を取得していることが前提となっている。しかし、これまで、この点についての制度的手当ては必ずしも十分ではなかった。本研究は、近時の民事執行法の改正により、新たな債務者の財産情報を取得するため制度が導入された現状において、民事執行の申立てにおける債権の特定の程度、債務者による財産開示制度、第三者からの情報取得制度および弁護士会照会制度等の関連する現行法下の諸制度を整理・分析し、その課題と相互関係等を示すものである。この問題をめぐる現状理解を容易にし、今後の運用指針を示唆する点で学術的・社会的意義があると思われる。