How long will the judgment of second instance in civil procedure be executed? Eight days ago, I appointed a lawyer to call me and told me that he had received the verdict of the second instance.

China implements the system of final adjudication of second instance, and the judgment of second instance takes effect. If the losing party fails to perform the judgment, the winning party may apply to the court of first instance for execution according to the judgment, and the court shall execute it within six months after applying for execution.

code of civil law

Article 224 The property part of a legally effective civil judgment or ruling and a criminal judgment or ruling shall be executed by the people's court of first instance or the people's court of the place where the property is executed at the same level as the people's court of first instance.

Other legal documents stipulated by law to be executed by the people's court shall be executed by the people's court in the place where the person subjected to execution has his domicile or where the property subjected to execution is located.

Article 226 If the people's court fails to execute the application for execution for more than six months from the date of receiving the application for execution, the executor of the application may apply to the people's court at the next higher level for execution. After examination, the people's court at a higher level may order the original people's court to execute it within a certain period of time, or decide to execute it by itself or instruct other people's courts to execute it.