When purchasing a property in Japan, various additional costs arise beyond the purchase price.
What is Compensation for Judicial Scrivener?
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What’s Judicial Scrivener?（司法書士）
A Judicial Scrivener is a licensed professional who prepares related documents and acts as an agent for legal procedures based on specialized legal knowledge.
In real estate transactions, a judicial scrivener typically acts as an intermediary between the seller and buyer, performing various tasks.
What Judicial Scriveners do in real estate transactions
Examples of these tasks include registration procedures such as ownership transfer registration, identity verification of both the seller and buyer, and filing applications with the Legal Affairs Bureau.
Additionally, if the buyer takes out a loan to purchase the property, a judicial scrivener is required to receive the loan from the financial institution.
Amount of Compensation
The compensation paid by the buyer to a judicial scrivener varies depending on the property price, but it is generally between 10,000 to 50,000 yen.
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