# 遺失物法 / Lost Property Act — 第七条 (Article 7) - 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: 第七条 (Article 7)（公告等） — address `art-7` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-7 - 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. --- ### 第七条（公告等） — Public Notice, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-7 **第一項** 警察署長は、提出を受けた物件の遺失者を知ることができず、又はその所在を知ることができないときは、次に掲げる事項を公告しなければならない。 art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-7/par-1 If the chief of a police station is unable to identify the person who lost the property received in a submission or is unable to ascertain that person's whereabouts, the chief must give public notice of the following matters: machine translation, not official **一** 物件の種類及び特徴 art-7/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-7/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-7/par-1/item-1 the type and characteristics of the property; machine translation, not official **二** 物件の拾得の日時及び場所 art-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-7/par-1/item-2 the date, time and place of the finding of the property. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定による公告（以下この節において単に「公告」という。）は、同項各号に掲げる事項を当該警察署の掲示場に掲示してする。 art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-7/par-2 The public notice under the preceding paragraph (referred to simply as "public notice" in this Section) is to be given by posting the matters listed in the items of that paragraph on the bulletin board of the police station. machine translation, not official **第三項** 警察署長は、第一項各号に掲げる事項を記載した書面を当該警察署に備え付け、かつ、これをいつでも関係者に自由に閲覧させることにより、前項の規定による掲示に代えることができる。 art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-7/par-3 The chief of a police station may, in lieu of the posting under the preceding paragraph, keep at the police station a document stating the matters listed in the items of paragraph (1) and allow persons concerned to inspect it freely at any time. machine translation, not official **第四項** 警察署長は、公告をした後においても、物件の遺失者が判明した場合を除き、公告の日から三箇月間（埋蔵物にあっては、六箇月間）は、前二項に定める措置を継続しなければならない。 art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-7/par-4 Even after giving public notice, the chief of a police station must continue the measures provided for in the preceding two paragraphs for three months from the date of the public notice (six months in the case of buried things), except where the person who lost the property has been identified. machine translation, not official **第五項** 警察署長は、提出を受けた物件が公告をする前に刑事訴訟法（昭和二十三年法律第百三十一号）の規定により押収されたときは、第一項の規定にかかわらず、公告をしないことができる。この場合において、警察署長は、当該物件の還付を受けたときは、公告をしなければならない。 art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-7/par-5 If the property received in a submission by the chief of a police station is seized under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. 131 of 1948) before public notice is given, the chief may, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), refrain from giving public notice. In this case, when the chief has received the return of that property, the chief must give public notice. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-7/par-2: 前項 → 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-7/par-3: 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-7/par-3: 前項 → 遺失物法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-7/par-2 - art-7/par-4: 前二項 → 遺失物法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-7/par-2 - art-7/par-4: 前二項 → 遺失物法 第七条第三項 (Article 7, paragraph (3)), art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-7/par-3 - art-7/par-5: 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 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 遺失物法 第七条第二項（公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-7/par-2 - 遺失物法 第七条第三項（公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-7/par-3 - 遺失物法 第七条第四項（公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-7/par-4 - 遺失物法 第七条第五項（公告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-7/par-5 - 遺失物法 第八条第一項第一号（警察本部長による通報及び公表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-8/par-1/item-1 - 遺失物法 第十六条第一項（不特定かつ多数の者が利用する施設における掲示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-16/par-1 - 遺失物法 第十六条第二項（不特定かつ多数の者が利用する施設における掲示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-16/par-2 - 遺失物法 第十八条第一項（公告に関する規定等の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-18/par-1 - 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 第三十七条第一項（都道府県への所有権の帰属等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-37/par-1 - 遺失物法 第三十七条第二項（都道府県への所有権の帰属等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-37/par-2 - 遺失物法 第三十七条第三項（都道府県への所有権の帰属等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-37/par-3 --- ## 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-20261011T093710-001, translated 2026-10-11 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch lost-property-act-20261011T095002-001, 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