Court officials work in various fields including judicial administration, technical examination, library, interpretation, facilities, industrial management, and health. Judicial administration field can further be divided into subfields such as court affairs, registration affairs, information technology, statistics, stenography, and bailiff duties. Like officials of administrative branches, court officials working in subfields of court affairs range from grade I through grade IX.
Court officials dealing with court affairs are appointed after passing an open competitive examination. They can be promoted to higher posts if they serve at one post for a fixed period of time, with the exception of posts in grade V and grade VII, which require passing an examination for promotion thereto. In general, the court officials are appointed by the Chief Justice. However, a portion of the Chief Justice's power to appoint court officials is delegated to the chiefs of the institutions to which the court officials belong.
Court officials engaged in court affairs assist judges with court proceedings. They take charge of recording court activities, keeping court records, issuing various certificates proving litigious matters, and serving documents. They also handle non-litigious matters including registration of real property, commercial and corporation, family registration, deposit, etc.
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