In the case where an inheritance has occurred with respect to a taxpayer or a special collection agent (in this Chapter (excluding Article 13), the terms taxpayer and special collection agent include a secondary taxpayer prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (1) and a guarantor prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (1), item (vi)), and there are two or more heirs, those heirs may designate from among themselves a representative to receive documents relating to the assessment and collection (excluding the delinquent tax collection procedure) and refund of the decedent's local government levies. In this case, the heirs who made the designation must notify the head of the local government to that effect.
In the case referred to in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph, where any of the heirs or any of their shares of inheritance is unclear, and the notification referred to in the second sentence of that paragraph is not made within a reasonable period, the head of a local government may designate one of the heirs and make that person the representative prescribed in that paragraph. In this case, the head of the local government who made the designation must notify the heirs to that effect.
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, necessary matters concerning the designation of the representative prescribed in paragraph (1) are specified by Cabinet Order.
With regard to the decedent's local government levies, a disposition relating to assessment and collection or refund that requires the service of documents, made in the name of the decedent after the decedent's death without knowledge of the death, is deemed to have been made to all the heirs with respect to the decedent's local government levies only where the documents have been served on one of the heirs.
被相続人の地方団体の徴収金につき、被相続人の死亡後その死亡を知らないでその者の名義でした賦課徴収又は還付に関する処分で書類の送達を要するものは、その相続人の一人にその書類が送達された場合に限り、当該被相続人の地方団体の徴収金につきすべての相続人に対してされたものとみなす。
head of a local governmentmachine translation
「地方団体の長」
The governor of a prefecture (道府県知事) or the mayor of a municipality (市町村長).
Defined inArticle 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies throughout the law
special collection agentmachine translation
「特別徴収義務者」
A person obliged to collect a local tax by special collection (特別徴収) and pay it in (Article 1, paragraph 1, item 10).
Defined inArticle 1, paragraph (1), item (x)· applies throughout the law
local government leviesmachine translation
「地方団体の徴収金」
A local tax (地方税) together with its demand fee (督促手数料), delinquency charge (延滞金), additional charge for understatement (過少申告加算金), additional charge for failure to file (不申告加算金), substantial additional charge (重加算金) and delinquent disposition costs (滞納処分費).
Defined inArticle 1, paragraph (1), item (xiv)· applies throughout the law
secondary taxpayermachine translation
「第二次納税義務者」
A person who has a secondary tax liability (第二次納税義務) under Articles 11-2 to 11-10 or Article 12-2, paragraph 2 or 3 for local tax collection money (地方団体の徴収金) owed by a taxpayer or special collector (特別徴収義務者), from whom the head of the local government collects it by a written notice stating the amount, the deadline and the place of payment.
Short name set inArticle 11, paragraph (1)
service
送達
The delivery of a document in a court proceeding, such as a lawsuit, to the person it is for, by a procedure the law lays down: unless a provision says otherwise, the court carries it out of its own motion, the court clerk handles the work (Code of Civil Procedure, Article 98), and the person who effects it reports on it to the court in writing (Article 100, paragraph (1)); the complaint must be served on the defendant (Article 138, paragraph (1)), and the judgment on the parties (Article 255, paragraph (1)). A document is served by post or by a court enforcement officer (執行官) (Article 101, paragraph (1)), as a rule by handing it to the person (Article 102-2), at their address, residence, place of business or office, or at their workplace where those are unknown or service there meets an obstacle (Article 103); each party, legal representative and litigation representative (訴訟代理人) must tell the court a place in Japan where they are to be served (Article 104, paragraph (1)), and service abroad is made at the presiding judge's request to that country's authorities or to a Japanese ambassador, minister or consul there (Article 108). If the person is not found at a place other than their workplace, the document may be handed to an employee or a person living with them who can be trusted to receive it, and if it is refused without a legitimate reason it may be left there (Article 106, paragraphs (1) and (3)); where it cannot be served in those ways, the court clerk may send it by registered mail, and it counts as served when it is sent (Article 107, paragraphs (1) and (3)). An electronic record can also be served through the courts' electronic system on a person who has registered for it, by making it available to them and sending them a notice, and that service takes effect when they view it or save it to their computer, or one week after the notice was sent, whichever comes first (Articles 109-2, paragraph (1), and 109-3, paragraph (1)); a person who must make filings online, such as a litigation representative (訴訟代理人) entrusted with the case, can be served this way even without registering, and without a notice, the week then running from when the record was made available (Articles 109-4 and 132-11, paragraph (1)). Where a party's address or other place for service is unknown, among other cases, the court clerk may serve by publication (公示送達), on petition or where the court orders it, and serves the same party by publication again of the clerk's own motion, as a rule (Article 110, paragraphs (1) to (3)): that the clerk holds the document and will hand it over at any time is made available for anyone to view, by a method the Supreme Court's rules (最高裁判所規則) set, and posted on the court's notice board or shown on a screen at the court (Article 111), and service takes effect two weeks after that begins, or six weeks for service to be made abroad, though one made again of the clerk's own motion takes effect the day after it begins (Article 112, paragraphs (1) and (2)). Some time limits run from service: an appeal to the court of second instance (控訴), for one, must be filed within two weeks of the day the judgment is served (Article 285).
Written by AI using Code of Civil Procedure, Arts. 98, 100 to 104, 106 to 112, 132-11, 138, 255, 285 as a reference.