When later Yoritomo established the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) and the right to judge criminal cases was taken on by the bakufu, Mokkan was widely carried out using the authority as bakufu, gokenin were appointed as jito (manager and lord of manor) of the confiscated territories.
後に頼朝が鎌倉幕府を開き、検断権が幕府に移行するようになると幕府の権限で没官を行って御家人などを地頭にすることが広く行われるようになった。