Administrative Scriveners prepare legal documents such as filings with the national and local government, which do not include the court of law.
Many specialize in immigration matters, wills, inheritances, motor vehicle registrations, Development approvals, articles of incorporation, company minutes, etc.
[1] Beside attorneys-at-law, prosecutors, justices and judicial scriveners, they form an important part of the legal landscape in Japan.
Such will allow greater precision in the work, (the scrivener) facilitates the smooth execution of administrative procedures.
Any person who has worked in an "administrative position" at a government agency for 20 years is also entitled to the qualification.
As disciplinary action, after a request from the prefectural leaders, names of scriveners who do not pay will be released on the website of the Japan Federation of Gyoseishoshi Lawyers, with effect from 20 April 2011.
The prefectural authority designates the civil body, The Corporate Person of the Administrative Scrivener Examinations and Research Centre as its sole executor.