Legal consultation

1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesday of every month From 13:00 to 16:00 (within 25 minutes)

From Tuesday a week ago, reservations will be accepted by telephone and at the Public Relations Section window.
(Excluding holidays and New Year holidays)
If the reception start date is a holiday, it will be accepted from weekdays after the next day.
If the date is a holiday, consultation will be closed.
Reception hours is from 8:45 to 17:15.
Reception Phone number: 045-334-6221～6223

• If you are a hearing-impaired person, please contact Public Relations Section in advance by fax or other means.
  FAX number: 045-333-7945

Yokohama citizen (in principle, those who live in the ward have priority. If you live outside the city, make a reservation for the next day or later)
※It is not a "project" but a "number of times" and should be within 2 times per person during the year.
(In order to respond to many consultations, we ask for your understanding and cooperation.)

• We will have an interview with a lawyer at the consultation booth in Public Relations Section.
• The consultation time is within 25 minutes. Consultation is free.
• Public Relations Section's legal counsel is intended for lawyers to provide general explanations of the law according to your consultation and refer to them when solving problems. You can get advice from lawyers on how to deal with problems, how to proceed with legal measures, and whether you should ask an expert to resolve them.
• In this "legal consultation", we do not prepare documents such as contracts and answers. In addition, it is not possible to ask the lawyer in charge of the consultation for a solution or specific job.
• Regarding the contents of the consultation, etc., please keep the confidentiality as handling only in this "legal consultation" and do not disclose it at all, so please consult with confidence.
• In addition, in the following cases, in principle, you cannot use this "legal consultation".

1. If you have already asked a lawyer
2. If the content of the consultation is in litigation and is currently being trialed in court
3. In case of repeated consultation of the same case

• In case of consultation on registration, inheritance, etc.Judicial Scrivener ConsultationYou can also use it.
• Kanagawa Bar Association website (outside site)