No. 19547
Promulgation Date 2023-07-18
Ministry of Justice
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Administration)
Article 3 (Delegation of Authority)
Article 4 (Processing of Registration)
Article 4-2 (Special Cases concerning Registration of Korean Citizens in Foreign Countries)
Article 5 (Restriction on Duties)
Article 6 (Vesting of Fees)
Article 7 (Liability for Expenses)
Article 8 (Supreme Court Regulations)
CHAPTER II PREPARATION OF FAMILY RELATIONS REGISTERS AND PROCESSING OF REGISTRATION
Article 9 (Preparation of and Matters to Be Recorded in Family Relations Registers)
Article 10 (Determination of Place of Registration)
Article 11 (Processing of Registration through Computerized Information Processing System)
Article 12 (Installation of Central Control Office of Computerized Information)
Article 13 (Use of Computerized Registration Data)
Article 14 (Delivery of Certificates)
Article 14-2 (Online Issuance of Certificates)
Article 14-3 (Issuance of Certificates through Unmanned Certificate Issuing Machines)
Article 15 (Types of Certificates and Information to Be Entered in Certificates)
Article 15-2 (Restriction of Public Disclosure of Records on Victims of Domestic Violence)
CHAPTER III RECORDS OF REGISTERS
Article 16 (Recording Procedure of Registers)
Article 17 (Person without Register)
Article 18 (Correction to Register)
Article 19 (Change in Administrative Districts and Names Entered in Registers)
CHAPTER IV REPORT
SECTION 1 Common Provisions
Article 20 (Place of Report)
Article 21 (Report of Birth and Death through Dong Offices)
Article 22 (Cases Where Being Registered Became Known after Reporting and Others)
Article 23 (Method of Filing Reports)
Article 23-2 (Reporting in Electronic Form)
Article 23-3 (Electronic Confirmation of Attached Documents)
Article 24 (Report Forms)
Article 25 (Matters to Be Entered in Reports)
Article 26 (Where a Person Obliged to Report is Minor or Person under Adult Guardianship)
Article 27 (Report by Minor or Person under Adult Guardianship without Consent of Legal Representative)
Article 28 (Reports Requiring Witnesses)
Article 29 (Matters Nonexistent or Unknown to Reporters)
Article 30 (Matters to Be Entered other Than Those Prescribed by Statutes)
Article 31 (Verbal Report)
Article 32 (Report of Cases Requiring Consent, Approval or Permission)
Article 33 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis to Reports)
Article 34 (Filing Reports in Foreign Countries)
Article 35 (Certified Copy of Certificate Prepared in Foreign Form)
Article 36 (Forwarding of Documents Accepted in Foreign Countries)
Article 37 (Starting Point for Counting Reporting Period)
Article 38 (Peremptory Notice to File Report)
Article 39 (Ex-Post Supplementation of Report)
Article 40 (Report after Lapse of Reporting Period)
Article 41 (Report Which Arrives after Death of Reporter)
Article 42 (Certificate of Acceptance or Non-Acceptance of Report and Public Reading of Documents)
Article 43 (Notice of Rejection of Report)
SECTION 2 Birth
Article 44 (Matters to Be Entered in Report of Birth)
Article 44-2 (Report of Birth in the Absence of Birth Certificate)
Article 44-3 (Notification of Fact of Birth)
Article 44-4 (Confirmation and Peremptory Notice of Report of Birth and Ex Officio Records of Birth)
Article 44-5 (Request for Provision of Data)
Article 45 (Place of Report of Birth)
Article 46 (Person Obliged to File Report)
Article 47 (Cases Where Lawsuit Seeking to Deny Paternity is Filed)
Article 48 (Cases Where Court Determines Fatherhood)
Article 49 (Birth during Voyage)
Article 50 (Birth in Public Facilities)
Article 51 (Cases Where Child Dies before Filing Report of Birth)
Article 52 (Abandoned Children)
Article 53 (Cases Where Parents Finds Abandoned Child)
Article 54 (Cases Where Abandoned Child is Dead)
SECTION 3 Recognition
Article 55 (Matters to be Entered in Report of Recognition)
Article 56 (Recognition of Unborn Child)
Article 57 (Recognition of Report of Birth)
Article 58 (Recognition by Court Decision)
Article 59 (Recognition by Will)
Article 60 (Stillbirth of Child Already Recognized)
SECTION 4 Adoption
Article 61 (Matters to be Entered in Report of Adoption)
Article 62 (Report of Adoption)
SECTION 5 Dissolution of Adoptive Relations
Article 63 (Matters to Be Entered in Report of Dissolution of Adoptive Relations)
Article 64 Deleted.
Article 65 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 66 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
SECTION 6 Adoption of Child through Full Adoption and Dissolution of Adoptive Relations
Article 67 (Report of Adoption of Child through Full Adoption)
Article 68 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 69 (Reports of Dissolution of Adoptive Relations of Children Fully Adopted)
Article 70 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
SECTION 7 Marriage
Article 71 (Matters to be Entered in Reports of Marriage)
Article 72 (Marriage by Court Decision)
Article 73 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
SECTION 8 Divorce
Article 74 (Information to Be Entered in Reports of Divorce)
Article 75 (Confirmation of Divorce by Agreement)
Article 76 (Provisions to be Deemed)
Article 77 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 78 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
SECTION 9 Parental Authority and Guardianship
Article 79 (Reports of Designation and Change of Person Having Parental Authority)
Article 80 (Reports of Commencement of Guardianship of Minors)
Article 81 (Reports of Replacement of Guardian for Minors)
Article 82 (Appointment of Guardian for Minors by Will or Court Decision)
Article 83 (Reports of Termination of Guardianship of Minors)
Article 83-2 (Report on Commencement of Supervision of Guardianship for Minors)
Article 83-3 (Reports on Replacement of Supervisor of Guardianship for Minors)
Article 83-4 (Selection of Supervisor of Guardianship for Minors by Will or Court Decision)
Article 83-5 (Reports on Termination of the Supervision of Guardianship for Minors)
SECTION 10 Death and Disappearance
Article 84 (Reports of Death and Matters to Be Entered Therein)
Article 85 (Persons Responsible for Filing Reports of Death)
Article 86 (Place of Reports of Death)
Article 87 (Death Caused by Disaster)
Article 88 (Death by Execution and Death in Prison)
Article 88-2 (Death of Person with No Relatives or Interested Persons)
Article 89 (Matters to Be Entered in Notices)
Article 90 (Death of Persons Whose Registration Can Not Be Ascertained and Others)
Article 91 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 92 (Reports of Declaration of Disappearance)
SECTION 11 Acquisition and Loss of Nationality
Article 93 (Notices of Acquisition of Nationality by Recognition)
Article 94 (Notices of Permission of Naturalization)
Article 95 (Notices of Reinstatement of Nationality)
Article 96 (Reports of Establishment of New Surname and Place of Family Origin by Persons Who Has Acquired Nationality)
Article 97 (Matters to Be Entered in Reports of Loss of Nationality)
Article 98 (Notice of Selection of Nationality)
SECTION 12 Change of Name and Change of Surname and Place of Family Origin
Article 99 (Reports of Change of Name)
Article 100 (Reports of Change of Surname and Place of Family Origin)
SECTION 13 Establishment of Family Relation Register
Article 101 (Reports of Establishment of Family Relation Register)
Article 102 (Reports of Establishment of New Register of Family Relations by Lineal Blood Relatives)
Article 103 (Reports of Establishment of New Registration by Court Decision)
CHAPTER V RECTIFICATION OF REGISTER
Article 104 (Rectification of Inadmissible Records Entered in Family Relations Register)
Article 105 (Rectification of Records of Invalid Acts, Which Are Entered in Family Relations Register)
Article 106 (Obligation to Apply for Rectification)
Article 107 (Rectification of Registers by Court Decision)
Article 108 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
CHAPTER VI OBJECTION PROCEDURE
Article 109 (Application for Objection)
Article 110 (Measures Taken by Heads of Si/Eup/Myeon against Applications for Objection)
Article 111 (Decision of Court on Applications for Objection)
Article 112 (Appeal to Higher Court)
Article 113 (Costs for Application for Objection)
CHAPTER VII FORWARDING OF REPORT DOCUMENTS AND SUPERVISION BY COURT
Article 114 (Forwarding of Report Documents)
Article 115 (Examinations of Report Documents and Orders for Rectification)
Article 116 (Orders for Various Kinds of Reports)
CHAPTER VIII PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 117 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 118 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 119 (Joint Penalty Provisions)
Article 120 (Administrative Fines)
Article 121 (Administrative Fines)
Article 122 (Administrative Fines)
Article 123 (Trials on Administrative Fines)
Article 124 (Imposition and Collection of Administrative Fines)
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