# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第六十二条 (Article 62) - Law: 著作権法 (Copyright Act), 昭和四十五年法律第四十八号 - English title "Copyright Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第六十二条 (Article 62)（相続人の不存在の場合等における著作権の消滅） — address `art-62` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-62 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-62 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六十二条（相続人の不存在の場合等における著作権の消滅） — (Expiration of Copyright When There Are No Heirs) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-62 **第一項** 著作権は、次に掲げる場合には、消滅する。 art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-62/par-1 Copyright expires in the following cases: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 著作権者が死亡した場合において、その著作権が民法（明治二十九年法律第八十九号）第九百五十九条（残余財産の国庫への帰属）の規定により国庫に帰属すべきこととなるとき。 art-62/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-62/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-62/par-1/item-1 the author dies, and the copyright is to revert to the National Treasury pursuant to the provisions of Article 959 (Reversion of Residual Assets to the National Treasury) of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 著作権者である法人が解散した場合において、その著作権が一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律（平成十八年法律第四十八号）第二百三十九条第三項（残余財産の国庫への帰属）その他これに準ずる法律の規定により国庫に帰属すべきこととなるとき。 art-62/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-62/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-62/par-1/item-2 the corporation that owns the copyright is dissolved, and the copyright is to revert to the National Treasury pursuant to the provisions of Article 239, paragraph (3) of the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations (Act No. 48 of 2006) or the provisions of other similar Acts. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第五十四条第二項の規定は、映画の著作物の著作権が前項の規定により消滅した場合について準用する。 art-62/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-62/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-62/par-2 The provisions of Article 54, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis when the copyright to a cinematographic work has expired pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-62/par-1/item-1: 民法（明治二十九年法律第八十九号）第九百五十九条 → 民法 第九百五十九条 (Article 959), art-959 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-959 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-959 - art-62/par-1/item-2: 一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律（平成十八年法律第四十八号）第二百三十九条第三項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第二百三十九条第三項 (Article 239, paragraph (3)), art-239/par-3 — not held in this collection - art-62/par-2: 第五十四条第二項 → 著作権法 第五十四条第二項 (Article 54, paragraph (2)), art-54/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-54/par-2 - art-62/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第六十二条第一項 (Article 62, paragraph (1)), art-62/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-62/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第六十二条第二項（相続人の不存在の場合等における著作権の消滅） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-62/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-62/par-2 - 著作権法 第百三条第一項（著作隣接権の譲渡、行使等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-103/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 著作権法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/345AC0000000048/20260624_508AC0000000048), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Copyright Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19