For registration of a birth, please come to the Town Hall within 14 days (includes day of birth).
　For registration, bring the Birth Registration Document (proof from the doctor) and the Maternal and Child Health Handbook.
　At this time, applying for payments for medical care for the infant, National Health Insurance, the lump sum payment for giving birth (if parents are enrolled in the National Health Insurance System), as well as child-care allowance etc can be undertaken.
　For these processes you will need to bring　your seal, health insurance documents and　bank book (other than Yuchou Bank).
　For　child-care allowance, you will need tax declaration documents. Some applications may require other documents, please enquire at the relevant Division.

（Resident’s and Family Divisions）

● Birth

● Death

　Please register a death between the day of death and 7 days post-death at the Resident’s Division. Bring your seal.
　After acceptance of the obituary notice, you will be issued with the permit for cremation. If the cremation is to take place in Komono Town, please apply for this at the Environment Division.
　Once the cremation is over, the cremation documents (sometimes just affixing the seal to the permission of cremation document) are attached. Original documents are necessary for burial, so please keep these safe.

　Notifications of births and deaths, as well　as marriages and divorces etc must be put onthe family register.
　For births and deaths, formalities can be undertaken at the hospital. Marriages, divorces, adoption, dissolution of adoption, transfer of residence etc should be enquired about at the Resident’s Division of the Komono Town Hall.
　For Marriage or Divorce, the persons　involved will be required to bring formal　identification and their seal, and proed to　the Resident’s Division.
　Formal Identification will be necessary to carry out changes to the Family Register.

（Resident’s, Health and Welfare and Environment Divisions）

● Marriage

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　Consent to marriage is required (age of consent is 18 for men and 16 for women, or earlier with consent from the parents).
　Seals from two witnesses are required.
　Furthermore, for those people who are not permanent residents of Komono Town, please attach an official copy of the Family Register.

Family Register

● Divorce

（Resident’s Division））

（Resident’s Division））

　For those people who are not permanent residents of Komono Town, please attach an official copy of the Family Register.
　For a Judicial Divorce, the certificate issued by the courthouse is required.
　For divorce by consent, the notification will go to the husband and wife. For Judicial Divorce, you will need mediation or a judgment complainant..