To notify an examination result at timing desired by a customer.

This contract system acquires an image of a document required for examining a contract receiving a loan by operation of a contract reception terminal 1 by the customer, issues a card with an input of information, and transmits the acquired image, the input information and identification information of the issued card, as contract examination information for examining the acceptance of the contract, to a contract control server 3. The contract reception terminal/contract system reads a card number of the card inserted by the customer desiring confirmation of an examination result to be transmitted to the contract control server 3, receives the examination result from the contract control server 3, and notifies the examination result to the customer, by displaying the examination result on a display operation part.