Moreover, according to the court ranking law of the Yoro ritsuryo code (code promulgated in the Yoro period), Gunji is not included in Kanisoto (the ranks of the bureaucracy of the ritsuryo system), and also it is clearly mentioned in Kushiki-ryo (the Ritsuryo law) (Article 52) that Gunji is not Shikijikan (a person with an official rank).
更に養老律令の官位令には郡司が官位相当の対象とされておらず、更に公式令(律令法)（52条）では郡司が職事官ではないことが明記されていた。