It was decided that Shumon Ninbetsu Aratame Cho should be created every year by Nanushi or Shoya (village headman) or by machi-doshiyori (ward head), but afterwards, it became a regular practice for Shumon Ninbetsu Aratame Cho to be created once every several years in some areas.
改帳の作成は、町村毎に庄屋や庄屋、組頭が毎年行うこととされていたが、後に数年おきとなった地域もある。