# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百七条 (Article 107)

- 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: 第百七条 (Article 107)（書留郵便等に付する送達） — address `art-107`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107
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### 第百七条（書留郵便等に付する送達） — (Effecting Service by Registered Mail)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-107 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107</sup>

      **第一項**  前条の規定により送達をすることができない場合（第百九条の二の規定により送達をすることができる場合を除く。）には、裁判所書記官は、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、それぞれ当該各号に定める場所に宛てて、書類を書留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の提供する同条第二項に規定する信書便の役務のうち書留郵便に準ずるものとして最高裁判所規則で定めるもの（次項及び第三項において「書留郵便等」という。）に付して発送することができる。
      <sup>art-107/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107/par-1</sup>
      In the cases listed in the following items, if it is impossible for service to be effected pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article (unless the service may be effected pursuant to the provisions of Article 109-2), the court clerk may send the document to the place specified in the relevant item by registered mail or using the correspondence delivery services prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators (Act No. 99 of 2002) that are provided by a general correspondence delivery operator prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article or a specified correspondence delivery operator prescribed in paragraph (9) of that Article, and which are specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court as constituting services equivalent to registered mail (referred to below as "registered mail or equivalent services" in the following paragraph and paragraph (3)):
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  第百三条の規定による送達をすべき場合　同条第一項に定める場所
        <sup>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</sup>
        if service is to be effected pursuant to the provisions of Article 103:the place specified in Article 103, paragraph (1);
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  第百四条第二項の規定による送達をすべき場合　同項の場所
        <sup>art-107/par-1/item-2 · 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</sup>
        if service is to be effected pursuant to the provisions of Article 104, paragraph (2):the place stated in that paragraph;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **三**  第百四条第三項の規定による送達をすべき場合　同項の場所（その場所が就業場所である場合にあっては、訴訟記録に表れたその者の住所等）
        <sup>art-107/par-1/item-3 · 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</sup>
        if service is to be effected pursuant to the provisions of Article 104, paragraph (3):the place stated in that paragraph (or, if this is the person's workplace, the person's address as indicated in the case record).
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  前項第二号又は第三号の規定により書類を書留郵便等に付して発送した場合には、その後に送達すべき書類は、同項第二号又は第三号に定める場所に宛てて、書留郵便等に付して発送することができる。
      <sup>art-107/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107/par-2</sup>
      If a document is sent by registered mail or equivalent services pursuant to the provisions of item (ii) or (iii) of the preceding paragraph, any document to be served subsequently may be sent by registered mail or equivalent services to the place specified in item (ii) or (iii) of that paragraph.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第三項**  前二項の規定により書類を書留郵便等に付して発送した場合には、その発送の時に、送達があったものとみなす。
      <sup>art-107/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107/par-3</sup>
      If a document is sent by registered mail or equivalent services pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the document is deemed to have been served at the time it is sent.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-107/par-1: 前条 → 民事訴訟法 第百六条 (Article 106), art-106 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-106 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-106
- art-107/par-1: 第百九条の二 → 民事訴訟法 第百九条の二 (Article 109-2), art-109-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-2
- art-107/par-1: 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 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000099, 第二条第六項 (Article 2, paragraph (6)), art-2/par-6 — not held in this collection
- art-107/par-1: 同条第九項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000099, 第二条第九項 (Article 2, paragraph (9)), art-2/par-9 — not held in this collection
- art-107/par-1: 同条第二項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000099, 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-107/par-1: 次項 → 民事訴訟法 第百七条第二項 (Article 107, paragraph (2)), art-107/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107/par-2
- art-107/par-1: 第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百七条第三項 (Article 107, paragraph (3)), art-107/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107/par-3
- art-107/par-1/item-1: 第百三条 → 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-107/par-1/item-1: 同条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三条第一項 (Article 103, paragraph (1)), art-103/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-103/par-1
- art-107/par-1/item-2: 第百四条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四条第二項 (Article 104, paragraph (2)), 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
- art-107/par-1/item-3: 第百四条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四条第三項 (Article 104, paragraph (3)), 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
- art-107/par-2: 前項第二号 → 民事訴訟法 第百七条第一項第二号 (Article 107, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-107/par-1/item-2 — 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
- art-107/par-2: 第三号 → 民事訴訟法 第百七条第一項第三号 (Article 107, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-107/par-1/item-3 — 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
- art-107/par-3: 前二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百七条第一項 (Article 107, paragraph (1)), art-107/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107/par-1
- art-107/par-3: 前二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百七条第二項 (Article 107, paragraph (2)), art-107/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107/par-2

## Cited by

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- 不当景品類及び不当表示防止法 第四十三条第一項（送達に関する民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/premiums-and-representations-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/337AC0000000134/art-43/par-1
- 不当景品類及び不当表示防止法 第四十四条第一項第二号（公示送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/premiums-and-representations-act/art-44/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/337AC0000000134/art-44/par-1/item-2
- 労働審判法 第二十三条第一項第二号（労働審判の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-tribunal-act/art-23/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000045/art-23/par-1/item-2
- 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 第十六条第四項（送達の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-16/par-4
- 民事訴訟法 第百四条第三項第三号（送達場所等の届出） — 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
- 民事訴訟法 第百七条第一項（書留郵便等に付する送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107/par-1
- 民事訴訟法 第百七条第二項（書留郵便等に付する送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107/par-2
- 民事訴訟法 第百七条第三項（書留郵便等に付する送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-107/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-107/par-3
- 民事訴訟法 第百十条第一項第二号（公示送達の要件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-110/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-110/par-1/item-2
- 特定商取引に関する法律 第六十六条の四第一項（送達に関する民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-66-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-66-4/par-1
- 特定商取引に関する法律 第六十六条の五第一項第二号（公示送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-66-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-66-5/par-1/item-2

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## 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