# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百九条の二 (Article 109-2)

- 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: 第百九条の二 (Article 109-2)（電子情報処理組織による送達） — address `art-109-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-2
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### 第百九条の二（電子情報処理組織による送達） — (Effecting Service Using an Electronic Data Processing System)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-109-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-2</sup>

      **第一項**  電磁的記録の送達は、前条の規定にかかわらず、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、送達すべき電磁的記録に記録されている事項につき次条第一項第一号の閲覧又は同項第二号の記録をすることができる措置をとるとともに、送達を受けるべき者に対し、最高裁判所規則で定める電子情報処理組織を使用して当該措置がとられた旨の通知を発する方法によりすることができる。ただし、当該送達を受けるべき者が当該方法により送達を受ける旨の最高裁判所規則で定める方式による届出をしている場合に限る。
      <sup>art-109-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-2/par-1</sup>
      Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, it is permissible to serve an electronic or magnetic record by taking measures that enable the person being served to inspect, as referred to in item (i), paragraph (1) of the following Article, the information recorded in the record to be served, or that enable that information to be recorded as referred to in item (ii) of that paragraph; and by using an electronic data processing system as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court to notify the person being served that those measures have been taken, as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court; provided, however, that this applies only if the person to be served has filed a notification in the form specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court indicating a willingness to be served by those means.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  前項ただし書の届出をする場合には、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、同項本文の通知を受ける連絡先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。
      <sup>art-109-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-2/par-2</sup>
      To file the notification referred to in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, a person must file a notification of the point of contact for receiving the notice under the main clause of that paragraph with the court in charge of the case, as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court. In doing so, they may also notify the court of the person to be served.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第三項**  第一項本文の通知は、前項の規定により届け出られた連絡先に宛てて発するものとする。
      <sup>art-109-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-2/par-3</sup>
      The notice under the main clause of paragraph (1) is to be sent to the point of contact filed with the court pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-109-2/par-1: 前条 → 民事訴訟法 第百九条 (Article 109), art-109 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109
- art-109-2/par-1: 次条第一項第一号 → 民事訴訟法 第百九条の三第一項第一号 (Article 109-3, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-109-3/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-3/par-1/item-1
- art-109-2/par-1: 同項第二号 → 民事訴訟法 第百九条の三第一項第二号 (Article 109-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-109-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-3/par-1/item-2
- art-109-2/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百九条の二第一項 (Article 109-2, paragraph (1)), art-109-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-2/par-1
- art-109-2/par-3: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百九条の二第一項 (Article 109-2, paragraph (1)), art-109-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-2/par-1
- art-109-2/par-3: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百九条の二第二項 (Article 109-2, paragraph (2)), art-109-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-2/par-2

## Cited by

13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民事執行法 別表第二 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/appdx-2
- 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 第百九条の二第二項（電子情報処理組織による送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-2/par-2
- 民事訴訟法 第百九条の二第三項（電子情報処理組織による送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-2/par-3
- 民事訴訟法 第百九条の三第一項（電子情報処理組織による送達の効力発生の時期） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-3/par-1
- 民事訴訟法 第百九条の三第一項第三号（電子情報処理組織による送達の効力発生の時期） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-3/par-1/item-3
- 民事訴訟法 第百九条の四第一項（電子情報処理組織による送達を受ける旨の届出をしなければならない者に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-109-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-109-4/par-1
- 民事訴訟法 第百十条第一項第一号（公示送達の要件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-110/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-110/par-1/item-1
- 民事訴訟法 第百十一条第一項第二号（公示送達の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-111/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-111/par-1/item-2
- 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の十一第二項（電子情報処理組織による申立て等の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-11/par-2
- 民事訴訟法 第二百五十五条第二項第二号（電子判決書等の送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-255/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-255/par-2/item-2
- 民事訴訟法 第二百五十六条第三項第二号（変更の判決） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-256/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-256/par-3/item-2
- 民事訴訟法 第三百九十九条第一項（電子情報処理組織による送達の効力発生の時期） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-399/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-399/par-1

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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
