# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百四条 (Article 104) - Law: 民事訴訟法 (Code of Civil Procedure), 平成八年法律第百九号 - English title "Code of Civil Procedure": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第百四条 (Article 104)（送達場所等の届出） — address `art-104` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百四条（送達場所等の届出） — (Notifying the Court of the Place for Service) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104 **第一項** 当事者、法定代理人又は訴訟代理人は、書類の送達を受けるべき場所（日本国内に限る。）を受訴裁判所に届け出なければならない。この場合においては、送達受取人をも届け出ることができる。 art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104/par-1 The party, legal representative, or litigation representative must notify the court in charge of the case of the place or places where the relevant person may be served with documents (limited to a place in Japan). In doing so, they may also notify the court of the person to be served. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項前段の規定による届出があった場合には、書類の送達は、前条の規定にかかわらず、その届出に係る場所においてする。 art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, if a notification has been submitted pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph, service of documents is effected at the place given in the notification. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項前段の規定による届出をしない者で次の各号に掲げる送達を受けたものに対するその後の書類の送達は、前条の規定にかかわらず、それぞれ当該各号に定める場所においてする。 art-104/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, any subsequent service of documents upon a person that does not submit a notification pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of paragraph (1) but that has been served as stated in one of the following items is effected at the place specified in that item: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 前条の規定による送達　その送達をした場所 art-104/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104/par-3/item-1 service under the provisions of the preceding Article:the place where that service was effected; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 次条後段の規定による送達のうち郵便の業務に従事する者が日本郵便株式会社の営業所（郵便の業務を行うものに限る。第百六条第一項後段において同じ。）においてするもの及び同項後段の規定による送達　その送達において送達をすべき場所とされていた場所 art-104/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104/par-3/item-2 service under the provisions of the second sentence of the following Article that is effected by a person engaged in postal services at a business office of Japan Post Co., Ltd. (limited one where postal services are provided; the same applies in the second sentence of Article 106, paragraph (1)), or service under the provisions of the second sentence of Article 106, paragraph (1):the place established as the place where that service was to be effected; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第百七条第一項第一号の規定による送達　その送達において宛先とした場所 art-104/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104/par-3/item-3 service under the provisions of Article 107, paragraph (1), item (i):the place to which the initial service of documents was directed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-104/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四条第一項 (Article 104, paragraph (1)), art-104/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104/par-1 - art-104/par-2: 前条 → 民事訴訟法 第百三条 (Article 103), art-103 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-103 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-103 - art-104/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四条第一項 (Article 104, paragraph (1)), art-104/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104/par-1 - art-104/par-3: 前条 → 民事訴訟法 第百三条 (Article 103), art-103 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-103 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-103 - art-104/par-3/item-1: 前条 → 民事訴訟法 第百三条 (Article 103), art-103 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-103 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-103 - art-104/par-3/item-2: 次条 → 民事訴訟法 第百五条 (Article 105), art-105 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-105 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-105 - art-104/par-3/item-2: 第百六条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百六条第一項 (Article 106, paragraph (1)), art-106/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-106/par-1 - art-104/par-3/item-3: 第百七条第一項第一号 → 民事訴訟法 第百七条第一項第一号 (Article 107, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-107/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 14 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百八十三条第一項（裁判書の送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-883/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-883/par-1 - 労働審判法 第二十条第五項（労働審判） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-tribunal-act/art-20/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000045/art-20/par-5 - 民事執行法 第十六条第二項（送達の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-16/par-2 - 民事執行法 第十六条第三項（送達の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-16/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第百三条第二項（送達場所） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-103/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-103/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百四条第二項（送達場所等の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百四条第三項（送達場所等の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-104/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-104/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第百五条第一項（出会送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-105/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-105/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 第百六条第二項（補充送達及び差置送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-106/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百七条第一項第二号（書留郵便等に付する送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107/par-1/item-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百七条第一項第三号（書留郵便等に付する送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107/par-1/item-3 - 民事訴訟法 附則第百四条第一項（民事訴訟法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4171-102/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4171-102/art-104/par-1 - 民事訴訟法 附則第百四条第二項（民事訴訟法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4171-102/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4171-102/art-104/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 附則第三十五条第一項（民事訴訟法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-4241-30/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-4241-30/art-35/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民事訴訟法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/408AC0000000109/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Civil Procedure — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4797/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - This site's parser, version 209 — 民事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17