Article 76-2Application for Registration of Transfer of Ownership by reason of Inheritance
第七十六条の二（相続等による所有権の移転の登記の申請）
If an inheritance with regard to a registered holder of ownership has commenced, a person who has acquired ownership by reason of the inheritance must file an application for a registration of transfer of ownership, within three years from the day on which the person comes to know that an inheritance for the person has commenced and that the person has acquired the ownership. The same applies to a person who has acquired ownership by reason of bequest (limited to bequest to an heir).
所有権の登記名義人について相続の開始があったときは、当該相続により所有権を取得した者は、自己のために相続の開始があったことを知り、かつ、当該所有権を取得したことを知った日から三年以内に、所有権の移転の登記を申請しなければならない。遺贈（相続人に対する遺贈に限る。）により所有権を取得した者も、同様とする。
If a division of estate is made after the registration was made under the provisions of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph (limited to that made according to the share of estate calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 900 and Article 901 of the Civil Code; the same applies in paragraph (4) of the following Article), a person who has acquired ownership in excess of the relevant share of estate by reason of the division of estate must file an application for a registration of transfer of ownership within three years from the date of the division of estate.
The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply when the registration under the provisions of the respective paragraphs has been made upon application by a subrogee or any other person, or upon commission.