# 遺失物法 / Lost Property Act — 第二十条 (Article 20) - Law: 遺失物法 (Lost Property Act), 平成十八年法律第七十三号 - English title "Lost Property Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title - 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: 第二十条 (Article 20)（特例施設占有者による売却等） — address `art-20` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-20 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-20 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十条（特例施設占有者による売却等） — Sale, etc. by Special-Case Facility Occupants caption: machine translation, not official art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-20 **第一項** 特例施設占有者は、保管物件が滅失し、若しくは毀損するおそれがあるとき又はその保管に過大な費用若しくは手数を要するときは、政令で定めるところにより、これを売却することができる。ただし、第三十五条各号に掲げる物のいずれかに該当する物件については、この限りでない。 art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-20/par-1 If property in custody is liable to be lost or damaged, or its keeping requires excessive expense or effort, a special-case facility occupant may sell it as provided by Cabinet Order; provided, however, that this does not apply to property that falls under any of the things listed in the items of Article 35. machine translation, not official **第二項** 特例施設占有者は、前項の規定によるほか、保管物件（第三十五条各号に掲げる物のいずれかに該当する物件を除く。）が第九条第二項各号に掲げる物のいずれかに該当する場合において、第十八条において準用する第七条第一項の規定による公告の日から二週間以内にその遺失者が判明しないときは、政令で定めるところにより、これを売却することができる。 art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-20/par-2 In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, if property in custody (excluding property that falls under any of the things listed in the items of Article 35) falls under any of the things listed in the items of Article 9, paragraph (2), and the person who lost it is not identified within two weeks from the date of the public notice under Article 7, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 18, a special-case facility occupant may sell it as provided by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official **第三項** 特例施設占有者は、前二項の規定による売却（以下この条及び次条第一項において単に「売却」という。）をしようとするときは、国家公安委員会規則で定めるところにより、その旨を警察署長に届け出なければならない。 art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-20/par-3 When a special-case facility occupant intends to make a sale under the preceding two paragraphs (referred to simply as "sale" in this Article and paragraph (1) of the following Article), the occupant must so notify the chief of a police station as provided by National Public Safety Commission Rules. machine translation, not official **第四項** 売却に要した費用は、売却による代金から支弁する。 art-20/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-20/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-20/par-4 The expenses required for a sale are to be paid out of the proceeds of the sale. machine translation, not official **第五項** 売却をしたときは、物件の保管、返還及び帰属については、売却による代金から売却に要した費用を控除した残額を当該保管物件とみなす。 art-20/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-20/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-20/par-5 When a sale has been made, for the custody, return and vesting of the property, the remainder obtained by deducting the expenses required for the sale from the proceeds of the sale is deemed to be that property in custody. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-20/par-1: 第三十五条 → 遺失物法 第三十五条 (Article 35), art-35 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-35 - art-20/par-2: 前項 → 遺失物法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-20/par-1 - art-20/par-2: 第三十五条 → 遺失物法 第三十五条 (Article 35), art-35 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-35 - art-20/par-2: 第九条第二項 → 遺失物法 第九条第二項 (Article 9, paragraph (2)), art-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-9/par-2 - art-20/par-2: 第十八条 → 遺失物法 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-18 - art-20/par-2: 第七条第一項 → 遺失物法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-7/par-1 - art-20/par-3: 前二項 → 遺失物法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-20/par-1 - art-20/par-3: 前二項 → 遺失物法 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-20/par-2 - art-20/par-3: この条 → 遺失物法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-20 - art-20/par-3: 次条第一項 → 遺失物法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-21/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 遺失物法 第二十条第二項（特例施設占有者による売却等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-20/par-2 - 遺失物法 第二十条第三項（特例施設占有者による売却等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-20/par-3 - 遺失物法 第二十一条第一項（特例施設占有者による処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-21/par-1 - 遺失物法 第二十一条第一項第三号（特例施設占有者による処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-21/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-21/par-1/item-3 - 遺失物法 第二十六条第二項（指示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-26/par-2 - 遺失物法 第二十八条第一項（報労金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-28/par-1 - 遺失物法 第四十二条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-42/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-42/par-1/item-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 遺失物法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/418AC0000000073/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-10-11 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 遺失物法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/1640), retrieved 2026-10-11 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch lost-property-act-20261011T093710-003, translated 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 186 — 遺失物法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11