# 住民基本台帳法 / Residential Basic Book Act — 第三十条の三十八 (Article 30-38)

- Law: 住民基本台帳法 (Residential Basic Book Act), 昭和四十二年法律第八十一号
- English title "Residential Basic Book Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第三十条の三十八 (Article 30-38)（住民票コードの利用制限等） — address `art-30-38`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38
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### 第三十条の三十八（住民票コードの利用制限等） — Restriction, etc. on the Use of a Resident Record Code
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<sup>art-30-38 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38</sup>

  **第一項**  市町村長、都道府県知事、機構又は総務省（以下この条において「市町村長等」という。）以外の者は、何人も、自己と同一の世帯に属する者以外の者（以下この条において「第三者」という。）に対し、当該第三者又は当該第三者以外の者に係る住民票に記載された住民票コードを告知することを求めてはならない。
  <sup>art-30-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38/par-1</sup>
  No person other than the mayor of a municipality, the prefectural governor, the Agency, or the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "municipal mayors, etc.") may demand that a person other than a person belonging to the same household as that person (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "third party") notify that person of a resident record code entered on a certificate of residence pertaining to that third party or to a person other than that third party.
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  **第二項**  市町村長等以外の者は、何人も、その者が業として行う行為に関し、その者に対し売買、貸借、雇用その他の契約（以下この項において「契約」という。）の申込みをしようとする第三者若しくは申込みをする第三者又はその者と契約の締結をした第三者に対し、当該第三者又は当該第三者以外の者に係る住民票に記載された住民票コードを告知することを求めてはならない。
  <sup>art-30-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38/par-2</sup>
  No person other than municipal mayors, etc. may, in connection with an act that the person carries out in the course of business, demand that a third party who intends to make, or who makes, an offer to the person for a sale, a lease, an employment, or any other contract (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as a "contract"), or a third party who has concluded a contract with the person, notify the person of a resident record code entered on a certificate of residence pertaining to that third party or to a person other than that third party.
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  **第三項**  市町村長等以外の者は、何人も、業として、住民票コードの記録されたデータベース（第三者に係る住民票に記載された住民票コードを含む当該第三者に関する情報の集合物であつて、それらの情報を電子計算機を用いて検索することができるように体系的に構成したものをいう。以下この項において同じ。）であつて、当該データベースに記録された情報が他に提供されることが予定されているものを構成してはならない。
  <sup>art-30-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38/par-3</sup>
  No person other than municipal mayors, etc. may, in the course of business, compile a database (meaning a collection of information concerning a third party, including a resident record code entered on a certificate of residence pertaining to that third party, that is systematically organized so that such information can be searched for using a computer; the same applies below in this paragraph) in which resident record codes are recorded, where the information recorded in that database is scheduled to be provided to another person.
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  **第四項**  都道府県知事は、前二項の規定に違反する行為が行われた場合において、当該行為をした者が更に反復してこれらの規定に違反する行為をするおそれがあると認めるときは、当該行為をした者に対し、当該行為を中止することを勧告し、又は当該行為が中止されることを確保するために必要な措置を講ずることを勧告することができる。
  <sup>art-30-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38/par-4</sup>
  If an act in violation of the preceding two paragraphs has been committed, and the prefectural governor finds that there is a risk that the person who committed that act will further and repeatedly commit an act in violation of those provisions, the prefectural governor may recommend that the person who committed that act discontinue that act, or recommend that the person take the measures necessary to ensure that act is discontinued.
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  **第五項**  都道府県知事は、前項の規定による勧告を受けた者がその勧告に従わないときは、第三十条の四十第一項に規定する都道府県の審議会の意見を聴いて、その者に対し、期限を定めて、当該勧告に従うべきことを命ずることができる。
  <sup>art-30-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38/par-5</sup>
  If a person who has received a recommendation under the preceding paragraph does not comply with the recommendation, the prefectural governor may, after hearing the opinion of the prefectural council prescribed in Article 30-40, paragraph (1), set a time limit and order that person to comply with the recommendation.
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## Cites
- art-30-38/par-1: この条 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の三十八 (Article 30-38), art-30-38 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38
- art-30-38/par-2: この項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の三十八第二項 (Article 30-38, paragraph (2)), art-30-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38/par-2
- art-30-38/par-3: この項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の三十八第三項 (Article 30-38, paragraph (3)), art-30-38/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38/par-3
- art-30-38/par-4: 前二項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の三十八第二項 (Article 30-38, paragraph (2)), art-30-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38/par-2
- art-30-38/par-4: 前二項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の三十八第三項 (Article 30-38, paragraph (3)), art-30-38/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38/par-3
- art-30-38/par-5: 前項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の三十八第四項 (Article 30-38, paragraph (4)), art-30-38/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38/par-4
- art-30-38/par-5: 第三十条の四十第一項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の四十第一項 (Article 30-40, paragraph (1)), art-30-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-40/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 住民基本台帳法 第十七条第一項第七号（戸籍の附票の記載事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-17/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-17/par-1/item-7
- 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の三十八第一項（住民票コードの利用制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38/par-1
- 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の三十八第二項（住民票コードの利用制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38/par-2
- 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の三十八第三項（住民票コードの利用制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38/par-3
- 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の三十八第四項（住民票コードの利用制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38/par-4
- 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の三十八第五項（住民票コードの利用制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38/par-5
- 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の三十九第一項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-39/par-1
- 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の四十四の十三第一項（附票本人確認情報の保護） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-44-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-44-13/par-1
- 住民基本台帳法 第四十三条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-43/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-43/par-1/item-1
- 国民年金法 第百八条の四第一項（基礎年金番号の利用制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-108-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-108-4/par-1
- 国民年金法 第百九条の十第一項第三十四号（機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-109-10/par-1/item-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-109-10/par-1/item-34
- 国民年金法 第百十一条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-111-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-111-2/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 住民基本台帳法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/342AC0000000081/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 住民基本台帳法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/883), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5 — Machine translation, batch residential-basic-book-act-20260923T191243-014, translated 2026-09-24
- claude-sonnet-5 — Machine translation, batch residential-basic-book-act-20260923T195251-002, translated 2026-09-24
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch residential-basic-book-act-20261012T193627-001, translated 2026-10-13
- This site's parser, version 211 — 住民基本台帳法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05
