In the case where the owner of a motor vehicle that has not been registered intends to have it registered (hereinafter referred to as "new registration"), the owner must submit to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism a written application stating the following matters, accompanied, in the categories specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, by the certificate of transfer prescribed in Article 33, a document certifying the fact of importation, or any other document sufficient to certify ownership of the motor vehicle, and must also present the motor vehicle:
the name and model of the vehicle;
車名及び型式
the chassis number (including the indication of the chassis model; the same applies hereinafter);
車台番号（車台の型式についての表示を含む。以下同じ。）
the motor model;
原動機の型式
the name and address of the owner;
所有者の氏名又は名称及び住所
the location of the base of operations; and
使用の本拠の位置
the cause of acquisition.
取得の原因
The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may require a person who files the application under the preceding paragraph to submit, in addition to what is prescribed in that paragraph, a certificate concerning the stamping of the chassis number or motor model and any other necessary documents.
In the case where an application is filed under paragraph (1), for a motor vehicle listed in each of the following items, submission of the document specified in that item may be substituted for presenting the motor vehicle:
a motor vehicle for which a valid motor vehicle preliminary inspection certificate has been issued under Article 71, paragraph (2): the motor vehicle preliminary inspection certificate;
a motor vehicle whose model has been designated under Article 75, paragraph (1): the completion inspection certificate under paragraph (4) of that Article (limited to one for which the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has not elapsed since its issuance; the same applies in item (ii) of the following paragraph);
a passenger motor vehicle, etc. (meaning a motor vehicle used for the transport of people or a small-sized motor vehicle used for the transport of cargo that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as one for which changes in the particulars of structure, etc. of the motor vehicle (meaning the particulars of structure, etc. prescribed in Article 71-2, paragraph (1)) are unlikely to occur; the same applies in Article 94-5, paragraph (7)) for which a valid safety standards conformity certificate has been issued under Article 94-5, paragraph (1) after temporary cancellation of registration was received on the basis of an application under Article 16, paragraph (1): the safety standards conformity certificate; and
第十六条第一項の申請に基づく一時抹消登録を受けた後に第九十四条の五第一項の規定による有効な保安基準適合証の交付を受けている乗用自動車等（人の運送の用に供する自動車又は貨物の運送の用に供する小型自動車のうち、当該自動車の構造等に関する事項（第七十一条の二第一項に規定する構造等に関する事項をいう。）に変更が生ずることが少ないものとして国土交通省令で定めるものをいう。第九十四条の五第七項において同じ。） 保安基準適合証
a motor vehicle for which a valid limited safety standards conformity certificate has been issued under Article 94-5-2, paragraph (1) after a valid limited motor vehicle inspection certificate was issued under Article 71-2, paragraph (1): the limited motor vehicle inspection certificate and the limited safety standards conformity certificate.
第七十一条の二第一項の規定による有効な限定自動車検査証の交付を受けた後に第九十四条の五の二第一項の規定による有効な限定保安基準適合証の交付を受けている自動車 限定自動車検査証及び限定保安基準適合証
In the case where the matters prescribed in the provisions listed in each of the following items have been provided, under the provisions listed in that item, to a person registered by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism under Articles 96-2 through 96-4 (hereinafter referred to as a "registered information processing body"), a person who files the application under paragraph (1) may, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, substitute for the submission of the document listed in that item a statement to that effect in the written application under that paragraph:
第一項の申請をする者は、次の各号に掲げる規定によりそれぞれ当該各号に掲げる規定に規定する事項が第九十六条の二から第九十六条の四までの規定により国土交通大臣の登録を受けた者（以下「登録情報処理機関」という。）に提供されたときは、国土交通省令で定めるところにより、同項の申請書にその旨を記載することをもつてそれぞれ当該各号に掲げる書面の提出に代えることができる。
Article 33, paragraph (4): certificate of transfer;
第三十三条第四項 譲渡証明書
Article 75, paragraph (5): completion inspection certificate;
第七十五条第五項 完成検査終了証
Article 94-5, paragraph (2): safety standards conformity certificate; and
第九十四条の五第二項 保安基準適合証
Article 94-5, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 94-5-2, paragraph (2): limited safety standards conformity certificate.
第九十四条の五の二第二項において準用する第九十四条の五第二項 限定保安基準適合証
Where it is stated in the written application under paragraph (1) that the matters prescribed in the provisions listed in the items of the preceding paragraph have been provided to a registered information processing body pursuant to that paragraph, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is to inquire of the registered information processing body about the necessary matters, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
The application under paragraph (1) must be filed at the same time as an application for a new inspection or an application for issuance under Article 71, paragraph (4).