The degree of the duty of care in the judicial book to identify the person himself or his agent.

According to Article 13-5 of the Judicial Documents Act, a judicial scrivener shall confirm that he/she is the person in question or an agent. This is mainly the duty of the judicial scrivener to prepare documents concerning his/her rights and duties and submit them to the court or prosecutor's office. Thus, the duty of confirmation is not the duty to establish more specific methods to confirm that he/she is the person in question or his/her agent, unless there is a presentation of a certificate of personal seal impression, resident registration certificate, etc. and there is no circumstance that is ordinarily doubtful by ordinary attention

Article 13-5 of the Judicial Police Act

Attorney Lee Jae-hoon et al., Counsel for the plaintiff-appellant

Kim Sung-gu et al., Counsel for the defendant-appellant-appellant

Seoul High Court Decision 85Na4378 delivered on November 24, 1986

All appeals are dismissed.

The costs of appeal are assessed against the plaintiffs.

원고들 소송대리인의 상고이유에 대하여 원심이 확정한 사실관계에 의하면, 이 사건 부동산의 소유자 소외 1의 며느리인 소외 2가 소외 3으로 하여금 소외 1로 가장 행세케 하여 위 부동산을 담보로 원고들로부터 금원을 차용 편취하기로 하고 소외 1의 인감도장, 주민등록증 등을 훔쳐내어 사법서사인 피고 권중윤사무소에서 근저당권설정등기신청을 하게 되었는 바, 근저당권설정등기신청서 및 위임장을 작성함에 있어 사무원인 피고 김성구가 소외 3으로부터 소외 1의 인감도장, 인감증명, 등기권리증 등을 교부받고 다시 주민등록증의 제시를 요구하여 그가 제시하는 소외 1의 주민등록증사진과 소외 3의 얼굴을 대조한 바 있고 옆에서 소외 2가 병원에서 엊그제 퇴원해서 수척해 보인다고 거들어 의심을 해소하였으므로 위 피고는 그 말을 믿고 등기신청서류에 서명날인케 하였다는 것이다.

According to Article 13-5 of the Judicial Documents Act, when a judicial scrivener receives a commission of a case, he/she shall require the requester to submit or present his/her certificate of personal seal impression or resident registration certificate, etc., or verify that the requester is the principal or his/her agent by other similar reliable methods. This does not mean that the judicial scrivener has a duty to devise more specific methods to confirm that he/she is the principal or his/her agent, unless he/she has a duty to present his/her certificate of personal seal impression or resident registration certificate, etc., as he/she mainly prepares documents concerning his/her rights and duties and submits them to the court or prosecutor's office.

As seen earlier, the facts can be seen as having fulfilled the ordinary process of confirmation as a judicial scrivener, and cannot be said to have been negligent in neglecting the duty to verify the identity of the requester. The lower court’s rejection of the Plaintiffs’ claim for damages with the same purport did not err by misapprehending the legal doctrine, such as a just and legal theory. It is unreasonable to discuss.

Therefore, the appeal is dismissed, and the costs of appeal are assessed against the losing party. It is so decided as per Disposition by the assent of all participating Justices.

Justices Kim Jong-chul (Presiding Justice)