1. In civil litigation, the account of the other party can be frozen by taking property preservation measures according to the application of the parties.
2. In the process of court execution, the court may freeze the personal account of the person subjected to execution ex officio.
3. The court may freeze the account of the respondent according to the application for pre-litigation preservation of the parties.
According to relevant laws and regulations, the people's court shall not freeze the bank deposits and other funds of the person subjected to execution for more than six months, seal up or detain movable property for more than one year, and seal up immovable property and freeze other property rights for more than two years. Except as otherwise provided by laws and judicial interpretations. If the person subjected to execution applies for an extension of the time limit, the people's court shall go through the formalities of sealing up, distraining and freezing before the expiration of the time limit for sealing up, distraining and freezing, and the extension period shall not exceed half of the time limit specified in the preceding paragraph.
Legal basis:
People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Procedure Law
Article 249
If the person subjected to execution fails to perform the obligations specified in the legal documents according to the notice of execution, the people's court has the right to inquire about the deposits, bonds, stocks, fund shares and other property of the person subjected to execution from the relevant units. The people's court has the right to seal up, freeze, transfer or change the property of the person subjected to execution according to different circumstances. The property inquired, sealed up, frozen, transferred or changed in price by the people's court shall not exceed the scope of obligations that the person subjected to execution shall perform.
When the people's court decides to seal up, freeze, transfer or change the price of property, it shall make a ruling and issue a notice of assistance in execution, which the relevant units must handle.