# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第百十条 (Article 110) - 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: 第百十条 (Article 110)（公示送達の要件） — address `art-110` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-110 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-110 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百十条（公示送達の要件） — (Requirements for Service by Publication) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-110 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-110 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-110 **第一項** 次に掲げる場合には、裁判所書記官は、申立てにより、公示送達をすることができる。 art-110/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-110/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-110/par-1 In the following casesand upon petition, the court clerk may effect service by publication: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当事者の住所、居所その他送達をすべき場所が知れない場合（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。） art-110/par-1/item-1 · 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 if the party's domicile and residence are unknown, and no other place where the party may be served is known (excluding the case where service may be effected pursuant to the provisions of Article 109-2); machine translation, not official **二** 第百七条第一項の規定により送達をすることができない場合 art-110/par-1/item-2 · 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 if it is impossible to effect service pursuant to the provisions of Article 107, paragraph (1); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 外国においてすべき書類の送達について、第百八条の規定によることができず、又はこれによっても送達をすることができないと認めるべき場合 art-110/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-110/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-110/par-1/item-3 if, for service of documents that is to be effected in a foreign country, recourse to the provisions of Article 108 is not possible or it is found that service cannot be effected even through recourse to those provisions; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 第百八条の規定により外国の管轄官庁に嘱託を発した後六月を経過してもその送達を証する書面の送付がない場合 art-110/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-110/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-110/par-1/item-4 if a paper document certifying service has not been sent even though six months have passed since the presiding judge issued the request to the competent government agency of a foreign country pursuant to the provisions of Article 108. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、裁判所は、訴訟の遅滞を避けるため必要があると認めるときは、申立てがないときであっても、裁判所書記官に公示送達をすべきことを命ずることができる。 art-110/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-110/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-110/par-2 In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the court finds it to be necessary in order to avoid a delay in litigation, it may order the court clerk to effect service by publication, even if there has been no such petition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 同一の当事者に対する二回目以降の公示送達は、職権でする。ただし、第一項第四号に掲げる場合は、この限りでない。 art-110/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-110/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-110/par-3 Second and subsequent service by publication on the same party is effected by the court clerk sua sponte; provided, however, that this does not apply in the case stated in paragraph (1), item (iv). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-110/par-1/item-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-110/par-1/item-2: 第百七条第一項 → 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-110/par-1/item-3: 第百八条 → 民事訴訟法 第百八条 (Article 108), art-108 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-108 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-108 - art-110/par-1/item-4: 第百八条 → 民事訴訟法 第百八条 (Article 108), art-108 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-108 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-108 - art-110/par-2: 前項 → 民事訴訟法 第百十条第一項 (Article 110, paragraph (1)), art-110/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-110/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-110/par-1 - art-110/par-3: 第一項第四号 → 民事訴訟法 第百十条第一項第四号 (Article 110, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-110/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-110/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-110/par-1/item-4 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第八百八十三条第二項（裁判書の送達） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-883/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-883/par-2 - 民事執行法 第百四十五条第七項（差押命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-enforcement-act/art-145/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/354AC0000000004/art-145/par-7 - 民事訴訟法 第百十条第二項（公示送達の要件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-110/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-110/par-2 - 民事訴訟法 第百十条第三項（公示送達の要件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-110/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-110/par-3 - 民事訴訟法 第百十二条第一項（公示送達の効力発生の時期） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-112/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-civil-procedure-20261017T235501-001, translated 2026-10-18 - This site's parser, version 209 — 民事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17