All notifications of a change in status as a resident are to be made by way of the notifications provided for in this Chapter and Chapter IV-4.

①A person who has moved in (meaning to newly set a domicile within the area of a municipality, excluding the case of doing so by reason of birth; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and Article 30-46) must notify the mayor of the municipality, within fourteen days from the day of moving in, of the matters listed below (for a person who has never been recorded in the basic resident register of any municipality, the matters listed in items (i) through (v) and (vii)).

②A person who makes a notification under the preceding paragraph (excluding a person referred to in item (vii) of that paragraph) must make the notification under that paragraph accompanied by a document concerning a change of domicile as specified by Cabinet Order.

A person who has moved within a municipality (meaning to change one's domicile within the area of a single municipality; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) must notify the mayor of the municipality of the matters listed below within fourteen days from the day of the move within a municipality.

A person who is to move out must notify the mayor of the municipality in advance of the person's name, the destination of the move, and the scheduled date of moving out.

①In the case where a person who has been issued an Individual Number Card has made a moving-out notification (meaning a notification under the provisions of the preceding Article; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (2) do not apply to the first moving-in notification (meaning the first notification under the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (1) that the person makes after the day of making that moving-out notification; hereinafter the same applies in this Article); provided, however, that this does not apply to a case specified by Cabinet Order.

②In the case where another person who belongs to the same household as a householder who has been issued an Individual Number Card (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph and Article 26 as a "household member") and who has not been issued an Individual Number Card has made a moving-out notification, together with the moving-out notification concerning that householder that the householder makes, the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (2) do not apply to the first moving-in notification concerning the household member (meaning the first notification under Article 22, paragraph (1) that the household member makes after the day of making that moving-out notification, which the householder makes on behalf of the household member, together with the householder's own first moving-in notification concerning the householder, pursuant to Article 26, paragraph (1) or (2); hereinafter the same applies in this Article); provided, however, that this does not apply to a case specified by Cabinet Order.

③The mayor of the municipality who has received a moving-out notification under the preceding two paragraphs must notify the matters specified by Cabinet Order to the mayor of the municipality pertaining to the destination of the move notified under the provisions of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "mayor of the intended destination municipality").

④When a period specified by Cabinet Order has elapsed from the day of the notification under the preceding paragraph without a person who made a moving-out notification under paragraph (1) or (2) making the first moving-in notification or the first moving-in notification concerning a household member (referred to in the following paragraph as the "first moving-in notification, etc.") to the mayor of the intended destination municipality, the mayor of the intended destination municipality must erase the matters notified under that paragraph.

⑤In the case where the mayor of the municipality who received the first moving-in notification, etc. (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "mayor of the destination municipality") has not received the notification under paragraph (3), or has erased the matters notified under that paragraph pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the mayor of the destination municipality must notify the mayor of the municipality who received the moving-out notification pertaining to that first moving-in notification, etc. (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "mayor of the municipality of departure") to the effect that the first moving-in notification, etc. has been received.

⑥When there has been a notification under the preceding paragraph, the mayor of the municipality of departure must notify the mayor of the destination municipality of the matters prescribed in paragraph (3).

⑦The notification under paragraph (3) is to be made, as specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order, by transmission from the computer used by the mayor of the municipality that received the moving-out notification under paragraph (1) or (2), via a telecommunications line, to the computer used by the mayor of the intended destination municipality, the counterparty; and the notification under the preceding two paragraphs is to be made, as specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order, by transmission from the computer used by the mayor of the destination municipality or the mayor of the municipality of departure, via a telecommunications line, to the computer used by the mayor of the municipality of departure or the mayor of the destination municipality, the counterparty, respectively.

Except in the cases under Article 22, paragraph (1) and Article 23, a person whose household to which the person belongs, or whose householder, has changed (excluding a person specified by Cabinet Order) must notify the mayor of the municipality of the person's name, the matters that have changed, and the date of the change, within fourteen days from the day of the change.

①A householder may, on behalf of a household member, make a notification under the provisions of this Chapter or Chapter IV-4.

②When a household member is unable to make a notification under the provisions of this Chapter or Chapter IV-4, the householder must make that notification on behalf of the household member.

①A notification under the provisions of this Chapter or Chapter IV-4 must be made in writing, as specified by Cabinet Order.

②When a notification under the provisions of this Chapter or Chapter IV-4 is made, the mayor of the municipality is to request the person who is actually performing the notification to present or submit documents showing the person's name and other matters specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order that are necessary to identify the person who is actually performing the notification, or to explain those matters, in order to confirm whether the person who is actually performing the notification is the person in question, as specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order.

③In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when the person who is actually performing the notification is an agent of the person making the notification or is otherwise a person different from the person making the notification (excluding a case where the person who is actually performing the notification belongs to the same household as the person making the notification), the mayor of the municipality is to request the person who is actually performing the notification to present or submit documents showing the matters necessary to make clear that the person is performing the notification at the request of the person making the notification or pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations, or to explain those matters, as specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order.

When a person who is to make a notification under the provisions of this Chapter or Chapter IV-4 is an insured person under National Health Insurance, that person is to additionally state, on the document pertaining to that notification, the matters specified by Cabinet Order that certify that person's qualification.

When a person who is to make a notification under the provisions of this Chapter or Chapter IV-4 is an insured person under latter-stage elderly medical care, that person is to additionally state, on the document pertaining to that notification, the matters specified by Cabinet Order that certify that person's qualification.

When a person who is to make a notification under the provisions of this Chapter or Chapter IV-4 is an insured person under Long-Term Care Insurance, that person is to additionally state, on the document pertaining to that notification, the matters specified by Cabinet Order that certify that person's qualification.

When a person who is to make a notification under the provisions of this Chapter or Chapter IV-4 is an insured person under National Pension, that person is to additionally state, on the document pertaining to that notification, the matters specified by Cabinet Order that certify that person's qualification and other necessary matters.

When a person who is to make a notification under the provisions of this Chapter or Chapter IV-4 is a person receiving Child Allowance, that person is to additionally state, on the document pertaining to that notification, the matters specified by Cabinet Order concerning that person's eligibility to receive the allowance.

When a person who is to make a notification under the provisions of this Chapter or Chapter IV-4 is a person who receives the distribution of rice, that person is to additionally state, on the document pertaining to that notification, the matters specified by Cabinet Order concerning the distribution of rice.