The mayor of a municipality must accept a written notification even after the death of the notifying person, if the notifying person sent the notification while they were still alive by postal mail or by correspondence delivery as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators (Act No. 99 of 2002) through a general correspondence delivery operator as prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article or through a specified correspondence delivery operator as prescribed in paragraph (9) of that Article.
市町村長は、届出人がその生存中に郵便又は民間事業者による信書の送達に関する法律（平成十四年法律第九十九号）第二条第六項に規定する一般信書便事業者若しくは同条第九項に規定する特定信書便事業者による同条第二項に規定する信書便によつて発送した届書については、当該届出人の死亡後であつても、これを受理しなければならない。
When a written notification has been received pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the notification is deemed to have been submitted at the time of the notifying person's death.
前項の規定によつて届書が受理されたときは、届出人の死亡の時に届出があつたものとみなす。