A liquidator (or, if the method of the disposition of assets in Article 668, paragraph (1) is prescribed, a member that represents the liquidating membership company) must retain the books of the liquidating membership company as well as any material data regarding the business and liquidation of the same (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "accounting materials") for a period of ten years from the time of the registration of completion of the liquidation at the location of head office of the liquidating membership company.
清算人（第六百六十八条第一項の財産の処分の方法を定めた場合にあっては、清算持分会社を代表する社員）は、清算持分会社の本店の所在地における清算結了の登記の時から十年間、清算持分会社の帳簿並びにその事業及び清算に関する重要な資料（以下この条において「帳簿資料」という。）を保存しなければならない。
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if a person who retains the accounting materials has been prescribed by the articles of incorporation or by a majority of the members, that person must retain the accounting materials for a period of ten years from the time of registration of the completion of the liquidation at the location of head office of the liquidating membership company.
The court may, in response to a petition by interested parties, appoint a person to act on behalf of the liquidator in paragraph (1) or the person who retains the accounting materials under the provisions of the preceding paragraph in the retaining the accounting materials. In these cases, the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply.
The person appointed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must retain the accounting materials for a period of ten years from the time of the registration of the completion of the liquidation at the location of head office of the liquidating membership company.
The expenses regarding the procedures for the appointment under the provisions of paragraph (3) are borne by the liquidating membership company.