# 民事訴訟法 / Code of Civil Procedure — 第九十一条の三 (Article 91-3)

- 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: 第九十一条の三 (Article 91-3)（訴訟に関する事項の証明） — address `art-91-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-3
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### 第九十一条の三（訴訟に関する事項の証明） — (Certifying Information Concerning the Litigation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-91-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-3</sup>

    **第一項**  当事者及び利害関係を疎明した第三者は、裁判所書記官に対し、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、訴訟に関する事項を記載した書面であって裁判所書記官が最高裁判所規則で定める方法により当該事項を証明したものを交付し、又は当該事項を記録した電磁的記録であって裁判所書記官が最高裁判所規則で定める方法により当該事項を証明したものを最高裁判所規則で定める電子情報処理組織を使用してその者の使用に係る電子計算機に備えられたファイルに記録する方法その他の最高裁判所規則で定める方法により提供することを請求することができる。
    <sup>art-91-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-3/par-1</sup>
    As provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court, the parties to a case or a third party that makes a prima facie showing of interest in a case may request a court clerk to issue a paper document containing information concerning the litigation that the court clerk certifies by the means specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court; or to provide an electronic or magnetic record containing information concerning the litigation that the court clerk certifies by the means specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, using an electronic data processing system specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court to record it in a file stored on the computer that the party is using, or by any other means specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

5 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 第四十五条第五項第三号（補助参加人の訴訟行為等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-45/par-5/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-45/par-5/item-3
- 民事訴訟法 第九十一条の二第一項（電磁的訴訟記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-91-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-91-2/par-1
- 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の七第一項（事件の記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-7/par-1
- 民事訴訟法 附則第五条第一項（訴訟に関する事項の証明に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/suppl-5041-48/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/suppl-5041-48/art-5/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
