Chapter IV Vesting of Property
第四章 物件の帰属
Article 35Property of Which Ownership Cannot Be Acquired
第三十五条（所有権を取得することができない物件）
Ownership cannot be acquired, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 240 or 241 of the Civil Code or the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1), in property that falls under any of the things listed in the following items:
a thing the possession of which is prohibited by laws and regulations (excluding a thing specified by Cabinet Order that may be possessed by virtue of a permission or other disposition under laws and regulations);
法令の規定によりその所持が禁止されている物（法令の規定による許可その他の処分により所持することができる物であって政令で定めるものを除く。）
a document, drawing or electronic or magnetic record (meaning a record made in an electronic form, a magnetic form or any other form not recognizable by human perception; the same applies hereinafter) certifying an individual's status or position or a right attaching exclusively to an individual;
個人の身分若しくは地位又は個人の一身に専属する権利を証する文書、図画又は電磁的記録（電子的方式、磁気的方式その他人の知覚によっては認識することができない方式で作られた記録をいう。以下同じ。）
a document, drawing or electronic or magnetic record in which matters belonging to an individual's secrets are recorded;
個人の秘密に属する事項が記録された文書、図画又は電磁的記録
a document, drawing or electronic or magnetic record in which the address or contact information of an individual recognized as the person who lost the property or a person related to that person is recorded;
a document, drawing or electronic or magnetic record in which a personal information database or the equivalent (meaning a personal information database or the equivalent prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003)) is recorded (excluding a document, drawing or electronic or magnetic record that is widely in general circulation).
個人情報データベース等（個人情報の保護に関する法律（平成十五年法律第五十七号）第十六条第一項に規定する個人情報データベース等をいう。）が記録された文書、図画又は電磁的記録（広く一般に流通している文書、図画及び電磁的記録を除く。）
Article 36Loss of Ownership by Finders, etc.
第三十六条（拾得者等の所有権の喪失）
A person who has acquired ownership of property under the provisions of Article 240 or 241 of the Civil Code or the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1) loses that ownership if the person does not collect the property from the chief of a police station or the special-case facility occupant within two months from the day of the acquisition.
Article 37Vesting of Ownership in Prefectures, etc.
第三十七条（都道府県への所有権の帰属等）
With respect to property (excluding property that falls under the documents, drawings or electronic or magnetic records listed in Article 35, items (ii) through (v)), if, in the case where all persons who lost the property have waived the rights they hold or in the case where the person who lost the property is not identified within three months (within six months for a buried thing; the same applies in the following paragraph) after the public notice under Article 7, paragraph (1) (including the case where it applies mutatis mutandis under Article 18) is given, there is no person who acquires ownership under the provisions of Article 240 or 241 of the Civil Code or the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1) (including the case where all such persons have lost that ownership under the provisions of the preceding Article), ownership of the property vests in the person specified in each of the following items for the category of person who keeps the property listed in that item:
物件（第三十五条第二号から第五号までに掲げる文書、図画又は電磁的記録に該当する物件を除く。）について、すべての遺失者がその有する権利を放棄した場合又は第七条第一項（第十八条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による公告をした後三箇月以内（埋蔵物にあっては、六箇月以内。次項において同じ。）に遺失者が判明しない場合において、民法第二百四十条若しくは第二百四十一条の規定又は第三十二条第一項の規定により所有権を取得する者がないとき（その者のすべてが前条の規定によりその所有権を失ったときを含む。）は、当該物件の所有権は、次の各号に掲げる当該物件を保管する者の区分に応じ、それぞれ当該各号に定める者に帰属する。
the chief of a police station: the prefecture to which that police station belongs (the national government, for property that falls under the things listed in Article 35, item (i));
a special-case facility occupant: that special-case facility occupant.
特例施設占有者 当該特例施設占有者
With respect to property, among that submitted to the chief of a police station under Article 4, paragraph (1) or Article 13, paragraph (1), that falls under the documents, drawings or electronic or magnetic records listed in Article 35, items (ii) through (v), the chief of a police station must promptly dispose of it in accordance with National Public Safety Commission Rules when all persons who lost the property have waived the rights they hold or when the person who lost the property is not identified within three months after the public notice under Article 7, paragraph (1) is given.
With respect to property in custody that falls under the documents, drawings or electronic or magnetic records listed in Article 35, items (ii) through (v), a special-case facility occupant must promptly dispose of it in accordance with National Public Safety Commission Rules when all persons who lost the property have waived the rights they hold or when the person who lost the property is not identified within three months after the public notice under Article 7, paragraph (1), as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 18, is given.