To provide an electronic latch system for automobile allowing the release of the latch of a door even in case of the failure of the inside handle switch or outside handle switch of the door of an automobile by use of various existing means for releasing the lock of doors provided on the automobile.

When the ON duration of a manual unlock switch 40 reaches 2 seconds after ON of the inside handle switch 20, a microcomputer 50 unlatch- operates a latch mechanism 10 through a drive circuit 50 by the operation of a DC motor M so that the door is openable.