Occupation
The primary occupation of administrative scriveners is to prepare and draft not only filings to the national government, local governments or government agencies and other documents related to rights, liabilities and evidence of facts (i.e. legal documents not for court cases), for compensation at the request of others. Administrative scriveners have a monopoly on this practice under Japanese law.
Administrative scriveners are found in a variety of roles. Many specialize in immigration matters, wills, inheritances, motor vehicle registrations, Development approvals, articles of incorporation, company minutes, etc. Under the Administrative Scrivener Law, the types of documents that such professionals are authorised to prepare extends into the thousands, involving the aforementioned as well as attachments to administrative applications and contractual documents between corporate and private persons. The exception is when certain laws expressly designate a person in another capacity to prepare a legal document.
Administrative scriveners may also give advice on the preparation of such documents, one of the few exceptions to the attorney at law's monopoly on giving "legal advice" for compensation.
The work of an administrative scrivener bears certain overlaps with that of Attorney at Law or Solicitor in American or Common Law jurisdictions. Beside barristers, prosecutors, justices and judicial scriveners, they form an important part of the legal landscape in Japan.
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