Request for Non-Acceptance

A Notification of Non-Acceptance is a system to prevent false family register notifications.
This is effective in cases where there is concern about falsification and Notification of the family register being made without your knowledge.
Notice: The following handling applies from May 1, 2008 (the enforcement date of the revised Family Register Act) onwards.

Effect

• The Notification for the registered family record you applied for will no longer be accepted.
• If the family register notification is not accepted, a notification will be sent to the applicant regarding the non-acceptance of the notification.

Notice: It will be accepted if it is confirmed that the applicant has submitted the family register Notification.

How to Apply

The applicant must directly submit the "Request for Non-Acceptance" to the counter.

Place to Make a Request

Municipal Office's Family Registry Division

Notification of the applicable family register

• Marriage Registration
• Divorce Notification (Mutual Agreement)
• Adoption Registration
• Notification of Adoption Termination (By Agreement)
• Notification of Recognition

Required Items for Application

• Request for Non-Acceptance
  Note: It is located in the family register section of the municipal office.
• Identity Verification Documents
  Note: Please refer to the page for Notification and application procedures.

• Identity Verification for Various Notifications and Requests

When it becomes ineffective

• When withdrawing (Submission of Withdrawal of Non-Acceptance Application)
• When the person has passed away
• When a notification regarding a non-acceptance request identifying the other party has been lawfully accepted
• When the person is under 15 years old and their legal representative has submitted a request for non-acceptance regarding the adoption or termination of adoption, when the person turns 15 years old.

Notice: Even if the applicant themselves submits a request for non-acceptance that does not specify the other party, and it is accepted due to verified identity, the effect of the non-acceptance request will not be nullified.

Available Procedure Dates

Open on weekdays from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM

• Note: The office is open on holidays from 8:30 AM to 11:45 AM and from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
  On holidays when the office is open, only "deposit" services are available.
• Note: Notifications related to family registers are not accepted at the Branch Office.