①Unless otherwise provided for in laws and regulations, no registration may be made without an application filed by a party concerned or a commission issued by a government agency or public office.

②The provisions of Article 2, item (xiv), Article 5, Article 6, paragraph (3), Article 10, and this Chapter (excluding this Article, Article 27, Article 28, Article 32, Article 34, Article 35, Article 41, Articles 43 through 46, Article 51, paragraph (5) and paragraph (6), Article 53, paragraph (2), Article 56, Article 58, paragraphs (1) and (4), Article 59, item (i), items (iii) through (vi) and item (viii), Article 66, Article 67, Article 71, Article 73, paragraph (1), items (ii) through (iv), paragraphs (2) and (3), Articles 76 through 76-4, Article 76-6, Articles 78 through 86, Article 88, Articles 90 through 92, Article 94, Article 95, paragraph (1), Article 96, Article 97, Article 98, paragraph (2), Article 101, Article 102, Article 106, Article 108, Article 112, Articles 114 through 117, and Article 118, paragraphs (2), (5) and (6)) apply mutatis mutandis to a registration procedure to be performed as commissioned by a government agency or public office.

The authority vested in an agent privately appointed by a person applying for a registration is not extinguished on the following grounds:

An application for a registration must be filed by providing a registry office with the information specified by Cabinet Order as necessary matters for applying for a registration, including the matters necessary for identifying the real property, the name of the applicant, and the purpose of registration (hereinafter referred to as "application information"), by any of the following methods:

①If application information is provided for a registry office pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, as provided for by Ministry of Justice Order, a registrar must accept an application for a registration pertaining to the application information.

②When two or more applications are filed in relation to the same real property, if the chronological order thereof is uncertain, those applications are deemed to have been filed simultaneously.

③If they have received an application, a registrar must assign a receipt number to the application. In this case, if two or more applications are filed simultaneously in relation to the same real property (including cases where these applications are deemed to have been filed simultaneously pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph), the registrar is to assign the same receipt number to these applications.

If two or more applications for registrations of rights are filed in relation to the same real property, a registrar must make the registrations according to the order of the receipt numbers assigned to these applications.

Where an applicant themselves becomes a registered right holder by making a certain registration, if a registrar has completed the registration, as provided for by Ministry of Justice Order, the registrar must promptly give notice of the information for registration identification pertaining to the registration to the applicant; provided, however, that this does not apply when the applicant has made a notification in advance to the effect that they do not wish to be given notice of information for registration identification, and in other cases specified by Ministry of Justice Order.

When a person entitled to register and a person obliged to register jointly file an application for a registration of a right, and in other cases where a registered right holder files an application for a registration specified by Cabinet Order, the applicant must provide the information for registration identification regarding the person obliged to register (or in the case of an application for a registration specified by Cabinet Order, the registered right holder; the same applies in paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the following Article and the items of paragraph (4) of the same Article), together with the application information; provided, however, that this does not apply when no notice of information for registration identification is given pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to the preceding Article, and in other cases where the applicant has justifiable grounds for being unable to provide the information for registration identification.

①In the case where an applicant files an application prescribed in the preceding Article, if they are unable to provide information for registration identification pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to the same Article, the registrar must, by a method specified by Ministry of Justice Order, give notice to the person obliged to register as prescribed in the same Article to the effect that the application has been filed and that if the person considers the content of the application to be true, they should make a notification to that effect, as provided for by Ministry of Justice Order, within a period specified by Ministry of Justice Order. In this case, within the relevant period, the registrar may not make a registration for the relevant application unless the relevant notification is made.

②In cases where an application for a registration referred to in the preceding paragraph relates to ownership, if a registration of change has been made with regard to the address of the person obliged to register referred to in the same paragraph, except for cases specified by Ministry of Justice Order, before making a registration based on the application referred to in the same paragraph, the registrar must give notice under the provisions of the same paragraph and also give further notice of the filing of the application that is addressed to the previous location of the person obliged to register as recorded in the registration record, by a method specified by Ministry of Justice Order.

③The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply when the registrar is to be required to dismiss the application pursuant to the provisions of Article 25 (excluding item (x)).

④The provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply in the cases prescribed in the same paragraph, if any of the following items applies:

①In cases where an application for a registration is filed, and if a registrar finds that there are reasonable grounds sufficient to suspect that the application is filed by a person other than the one who should be the applicant, except where they should dismiss the application pursuant to the provisions of the following Article, the registrar must examine whether or not the applicant has the authority to apply, by requesting the applicant or their representative or agent to appear, asking questions of them, or requesting them to present documents or provide any other necessary information.

②If the applicant or their representative or agent prescribed in the preceding paragraph resides in a remote place or the registrar finds it appropriate for other reasons, the registrar may commission a registrar of another registry office to conduct the examination referred to in the same paragraph.

In the following cases, a registrar must dismiss an application for a registration, by a decision stating the reasons therefor; provided, however, that this does not apply where defects in the application can be corrected, and if the applicant has corrected them within a reasonable period specified by the registrar:

Beyond what is provided for in this Chapter, the method for providing application information, the necessary information to be provided along with the application information and the method for providing it, and other necessary matters concerning the procedure of filing an application for registration are specified by Cabinet Order.

The matters to be registered for a registration of a description of land and a building are to be as follows:

A registration of a description may be made by a registrar by their own authority.