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· However, in order to dispose of the real estate property, the transfer of ownership must be registered (Article 187 of the “Civil Act”).

· If the cause of registration is inheritance, the inheritor is required to provide information demonstrating the inheritance as an attachment to the registry (Article 24 of the “Registration of Real Estate Act” and Article 46 (1) 1 of the “Real Estate Registration Rules”).

· In this case, if there are multiple inheritors, the information must contain the share of inheritance of each inheritor of the property jointly owned and register the transfer (Article 48 (4) of the “Registration of Real Estate Act”).

· In this case, the executor of the will (person responsible for registration) and the beneficiary (person entitled to registration) other than the inheritors must jointly apply for the registration [“Guidelines for the Affairs concerning the Application Procedures, etc. for the Registration of Ownership Preservation (Transfer) of a Person who has Received Testamentary Gifts” (Supreme Court Registration Precedent No. 1512, February 22, 2013, Announced and Enforced April 9, 2014)].

· A method in which an applicant or his/her agent goes to a registry and submits documents stating the application information and accompanying information However, if such agent is an attorney (including a law firm, a law firm with limited liability, and a judicial association) or a certified judicial scrivener (including a corporation of certified judicial scriveners and a corporation of certified judicial scriveners with limited liability), he/she may require a clerk prescribed under the “Real Estate Registration Rules” to go to a registry and submit such documents.

· A method in which the application information and accompanying information are sent via a computerized data processing system in accordance with the “Real Estate Registration Rules” (limited to the type of registration designated by the Minister of Supreme Court Administration)

· Matters concerning the labeling of real estate

· Applicant’s name (or title), address (or office location) and resident registration number (or registration number of real estate)

· Name and address of an agent if the registration is applied by the agent

· Grounds of registration and the date

· Purpose of registration

· Required information for registration (limited to cases in which the application is made for the registration of rights through a joint application or the sole application of the prevailing person required to register)

· Registry

· Date of application

· Information certifying the grounds of registration

· Evidential information when permission, consent, or approval from a third party is required for the grounds of registration

·If the consent of a third party with an interest is required for registration, information proving such consent or there is a judgment in opposition

· Information that proves the authority if an agent files the application

· Information that proves the address (or office location) and resident registration number (or real estate registration number) of the person entitled to registration (limited to cases in which he/she becomes a new registered person). However, when applying for the registration of transfer of ownership, information proving the address (or location of the office) of the person responsible for the registration must also be provided.