第十二条の二（国又は地方公共団体の機関の請求による住民票の写し等の交付）
An organ of the State or a local government may, when it is necessary for the performance of duties specified by laws and regulations, request the mayor of the municipality to issue a copy of the certificate of residence pertaining to a person recorded in the basic resident register kept by that municipality, with the entries of the matters listed in Article 7, item (viii)-2 and item (xiii) omitted, or a certificate of items stated in resident register concerning the matters listed in items (i) through (viii), items (ix) through (xii), and item (xiv) of the same Article.
国又は地方公共団体の機関は、法令で定める事務の遂行のために必要である場合には、市町村長に対し、当該市町村が備える住民基本台帳に記録されている者に係る住民票の写しで第七条第八号の二及び第十三号に掲げる事項の記載を省略したもの又は住民票記載事項証明書で同条第一号から第八号まで、第九号から第十二号まで及び第十四号に掲げる事項に関するものの交付を請求することができる。
A request under the provision of the preceding paragraph must be made in a manner that makes clear the following matters, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
前項の規定による請求は、総務省令で定めるところにより、次に掲げる事項を明らかにしてしなければならない。
The name of the organ of the State or the local government making that request
当該請求をする国又は地方公共団体の機関の名称
The title and name of the person actually undertaking the request
現に請求の任に当たつている者の職名及び氏名
The name and address of the person who is the subject of that request
当該請求の対象とする者の氏名及び住所
The reason for the request (in the case where the request relates to a criminal investigation or it is otherwise difficult, due to special circumstances, to make clear the reason for the request because of the nature of the duties, the fact that it is necessary for the performance of duties specified by laws and regulations and the name of the laws and regulations that form the basis for it)
請求事由（当該請求が犯罪捜査に関するものその他特別の事情により請求事由を明らかにすることが事務の性質上困難であるものにあつては、法令で定める事務の遂行のために必要である旨及びその根拠となる法令の名称）
In addition to the matters listed in the preceding items, matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
前各号に掲げるもののほか、総務省令で定める事項
When making a request under the provision of paragraph (1), the person actually undertaking the request must make clear to the mayor of the municipality, by the method of presenting a document showing that the person is an employee of the organ of the State or the local government, or by another method specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, that the person actually undertaking the request is the person himself or herself.
第一項の規定による請求をする場合において、現に請求の任に当たつている者は、市町村長に対し、国又は地方公共団体の機関の職員であることを示す書類を提示する方法その他の総務省令で定める方法により、当該請求の任に当たつている者が本人であることを明らかにしなければならない。
The mayor of the municipality may, unless there is a special request, when a request has been made for the issuance of a copy of the certificate of residence prescribed in paragraph (1), issue the copy of the certificate of residence prescribed in that paragraph with all or part of the entries concerning the matters listed in Article 7, items (iv), (v), items (ix) through (xii), and item (xiv) omitted.
An organ of the State or a local government that intends to make a request under the provision of paragraph (1) may request the sending of a copy of the certificate of residence or a certificate of items stated in resident register prescribed in that paragraph, by mail or another method specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
第一項の規定による請求をしようとする国又は地方公共団体の機関は、郵便その他の総務省令で定める方法により、同項に規定する住民票の写し又は住民票記載事項証明書の送付を求めることができる。
第十二条の三（本人等以外の者の申出による住民票の写し等の交付）
The mayor of the municipality may, in addition to what is provided for under the provisions of the preceding two Articles, when there has been a request from a person listed in the following items, with regard to the basic resident register kept by that municipality, to the effect that a copy of the certificate of residence showing only the basic certified matters (meaning the matters listed in Article 7, items (i) through (iii) and items (vi) through (viii); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (7)) or a certificate of items stated in resident register concerning the basic certified matters is necessary, and finds that request to be reasonable, issue that copy of the certificate of residence or certificate of items stated in resident register to the person making that request.
市町村長は、前二条の規定によるもののほか、当該市町村が備える住民基本台帳について、次に掲げる者から、住民票の写しで基礎証明事項（第七条第一号から第三号まで及び第六号から第八号までに掲げる事項をいう。以下この項及び第七項において同じ。）のみが表示されたもの又は住民票記載事項証明書で基礎証明事項に関するものが必要である旨の申出があり、かつ、当該申出を相当と認めるときは、当該申出をする者に当該住民票の写し又は住民票記載事項証明書を交付することができる。
A person who needs to confirm the matters entered in a certificate of residence in order to exercise his or her own right or perform his or her own obligation
自己の権利を行使し、又は自己の義務を履行するために住民票の記載事項を確認する必要がある者
A person who needs to submit it to an organ of the State or a local government
国又は地方公共団体の機関に提出する必要がある者
A person, other than those listed in the preceding two items, who has a justifiable reason to use the matters entered in a certificate of residence
前二号に掲げる者のほか、住民票の記載事項を利用する正当な理由がある者
The mayor of the municipality may, in addition to what is provided for under the provisions of the preceding two Articles and the preceding paragraph, when there has been a request from a specified mandated professional, with regard to the basic resident register kept by that municipality, to the effect that a copy of the certificate of residence or a certificate of items stated in resident register prescribed in the preceding paragraph is necessary, on the ground that the client of the case or affairs entrusted to the specified mandated professional falls under a person listed in the items of that paragraph, and finds that request to be reasonable, issue that copy of the certificate of residence or certificate of items stated in resident register to that specified mandated professional.
The "specified mandated professional" prescribed in the preceding paragraph means an attorney (including a legal professional corporation and a joint corporation of attorneys and registered foreign lawyers), a judicial scrivener (including a judicial scrivener corporation), a land and house investigator (including a land and house investigator corporation), a certified public tax accountant (including a certified public tax accountant corporation), a labor and social security attorney (including a labor and social security attorney corporation), a patent attorney (including a patent attorney corporation), a maritime procedure agent, or an administrative scrivener (including an administrative scrivener corporation).
前項に規定する「特定事務受任者」とは、弁護士（弁護士法人及び弁護士・外国法事務弁護士共同法人を含む。）、司法書士（司法書士法人を含む。）、土地家屋調査士（土地家屋調査士法人を含む。）、税理士（税理士法人を含む。）、社会保険労務士（社会保険労務士法人を含む。）、弁理士（弁理士法人を含む。）、海事代理士又は行政書士（行政書士法人を含む。）をいう。
A request under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) must be made in a manner that makes clear the following matters, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
The name and address of the person making the request (meaning a person who makes a request under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2); hereinafter the same applies in this Article) (in the case where the person making the request is a juridical person, its name, the name of its representative or administrator, and the location of its principal office)
Where the person actually undertaking the request is the agent of the person making the request, or is otherwise a person different from the person making the request, the name and address of the person actually undertaking the request
現に申出の任に当たつている者が、申出者の代理人であるときその他申出者と異なる者であるときは、当該申出の任に当たつている者の氏名及び住所
The name and address of the person who is the subject of that request
当該申出の対象とする者の氏名及び住所
The purpose of use of the copy of the certificate of residence or the certificate of items stated in resident register prescribed in paragraph (1)
第一項に規定する住民票の写し又は住民票記載事項証明書の利用の目的
In the case of a request under paragraph (2), the qualification and type of duties of the specified mandated professional prescribed in the preceding paragraph with respect to the case or affairs entrusted to that professional, and the name of the client (in the case where the duties with respect to that entrusted case or affairs are representation duties concerning procedures for the resolution of a civil or administrative dispute in a court procedure or an out-of-court procedure, or other duties specified by Cabinet Order, the qualification and type of duties with respect to that case or affairs)
In addition to the matters listed in the preceding items, matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
前各号に掲げるもののほか、総務省令で定める事項
When making a request under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), the person actually undertaking the request must make clear to the mayor of the municipality, by the method of presenting an Individual Number Card or by another method specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, that the person actually undertaking the request is the person himself or herself.
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, where the person actually undertaking the request is the agent of the person making the request, or is otherwise a person different from the person making the request, the person actually undertaking the request must present or submit to the mayor of the municipality, by the method specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, a document making clear that that person is undertaking the request at the request of the person making the request or under the provisions of laws and regulations.
Where a person making the request needs, in order to achieve the purpose of use set out in paragraph (4), item (iv), a copy of the certificate of residence showing all or part of the matters other than the basic certified matters (excluding the matters set out in Article 7, item (viii)-2 and item (xiii); the same applies in the rest of this paragraph), in addition to the basic certified matters, or a certificate of items stated in resident register stating all or part of the matters other than the basic certified matters, in addition to the basic certified matters, that person may, when making the request under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), notify the mayor of the municipality to that effect.
Where the mayor of the municipality finds the request made under the preceding paragraph reasonable, the mayor may, in lieu of the copy of the certificate of residence or the certificate of items stated in resident register prescribed in paragraph (1), issue the copy of the certificate of residence or the certificate of items stated in resident register prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
市町村長は、前項の規定による申出を相当と認めるときは、第一項に規定する住民票の写し又は住民票記載事項証明書に代えて、前項に規定する住民票の写し又は住民票記載事項証明書を交付することができる。
A person intending to make the request under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) may request that the copy of the certificate of residence or the certificate of items stated in resident register prescribed in paragraph (1) be sent by mail or another method specified by Ministerial Order.
第一項又は第二項の申出をしようとする者は、郵便その他の総務省令で定める方法により、第一項に規定する住民票の写し又は住民票記載事項証明書の送付を求めることができる。
第十二条の四（本人等の請求に係る住民票の写しの交付の特例）
A person recorded in the basic resident register may request the mayor of a municipality other than the mayor of the municipality that maintains the basic resident register in which that person is recorded (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "mayor of the municipality of domicile") to issue a copy of the certificate of residence relating to that person or a person belonging to the same household as that person, from which the matters set out in Article 7, item (v), item (ix) through item (xii), and item (xiv) are omitted. In this case, the person making the request must, as specified by Ministerial Order, present an Individual Number Card or a document specified by Ministerial Order in making the request.
住民基本台帳に記録されている者は、その者が記録されている住民基本台帳を備える市町村の市町村長（以下この条において「住所地市町村長」という。）以外の市町村長に対し、自己又は自己と同一の世帯に属する者に係る住民票の写しで第七条第五号、第九号から第十二号まで及び第十四号に掲げる事項の記載を省略したものの交付を請求することができる。この場合において、当該請求をする者は、総務省令で定めるところにより、個人番号カード又は総務省令で定める書類を提示してこれをしなければならない。
The mayor of the municipality that received the request under the preceding paragraph (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "mayor of the issuing municipality") must notify the matters specified by Cabinet Order to the mayor of the municipality of domicile of the person who made the request under that paragraph.
The mayor of the municipality of domicile who received the notice under the preceding paragraph must notify the matters specified by Cabinet Order to the mayor of the issuing municipality.
The mayor of the issuing municipality who received the notice under the preceding paragraph is to, as specified by Cabinet Order, prepare a copy of the certificate of residence relating to the request under paragraph (1) and issue it to the person who made the request under that paragraph. In this case, the mayor of the issuing municipality may, unless a special request is made, issue the copy of the certificate of residence prescribed in that paragraph from which all or part of the matters set out in Article 7, item (iv), item (viii)-2, and item (xiii) are omitted.
The notice under paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) is to be given, as specified by Ministerial Order, by transmitting it via a telecommunications line from a computer used by the mayor of the issuing municipality or the mayor of the municipality of domicile to a computer used by the other party, the mayor of the municipality of domicile or the mayor of the issuing municipality.
Article 12, paragraph (2) (excluding item (ii)) and paragraph (6) apply mutatis mutandis to a request under paragraph (1). In this case, the term "the mayor of the municipality" in paragraph (6) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the mayor of the issuing municipality prescribed in Article 12-4, paragraph (2)".