# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第十二条 (Article 12) - Law: 道路運送車両法 (Road Transport Vehicle Act), 昭和二十六年法律第百八十五号 - English title "Road Transport Vehicle 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: 第十二条 (Article 12)（変更登録） — address `art-12` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-12 - 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. --- ### 第十二条（変更登録） — Registration of Change caption: machine translation, not official art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-12 **第一項** 自動車の所有者は、登録されている型式、車台番号、原動機の型式、所有者の氏名若しくは名称若しくは住所又は使用の本拠の位置に変更があつたときは、その事由があつた日から十五日以内に、国土交通大臣の行う変更登録の申請をしなければならない。ただし、次条の規定による移転登録又は第十五条の規定による永久抹消登録の申請をすべき場合は、この限りでない。 art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-12/par-1 Where there has been a change in the registered model, chassis number, motor model, name or address of the owner, or location of the base of operations, the owner of a motor vehicle must, within 15 days from the date of the cause, file an application for registration of change with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; provided, however, that this does not apply where an application for transfer registration under the following Article or for permanent cancellation of registration under Article 15 is to be filed. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の申請をすべき事由により第六十七条第一項の規定による自動車検査証の変更記録の申請をすべきときは、これらの申請は、同時にしなければならない。 art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-12/par-2 Where, by reason of the cause for which an application under the preceding paragraph is to be filed, an application for record of change of the motor vehicle inspection certificate under Article 67, paragraph (1) is also to be filed, those applications must be filed at the same time. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の変更登録のうち、車台番号又は原動機の型式の変更に係るものについては、第八条（第三号及び第四号に係る部分に限る。）の規定を、その他の変更に係るものについては、同条（同号に係る部分に限る。）の規定を準用する。 art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-12/par-3 With respect to registration of change under paragraph (1) that relates to a change of chassis number or motor model, the provisions of Article 8 (limited to the parts pertaining to items (iii) and (iv)) apply mutatis mutandis, and with respect to registration of change that relates to any other change, the provisions of that Article (limited to the part pertaining to item (iv)) apply mutatis mutandis. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第十条の規定は、変更登録をした場合について準用する。 art-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-12/par-4 The provisions of Article 10 apply mutatis mutandis where registration of change has been carried out. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-12/par-1: 次条 → 道路運送車両法 第十三条 (Article 13), art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-13 - art-12/par-1: 第十五条 → 道路運送車両法 第十五条 (Article 15), art-15 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15 - art-12/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-12/par-1 - art-12/par-2: 第六十七条第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十七条第一項 (Article 67, paragraph (1)), art-67/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-67/par-1 - art-12/par-3: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-12/par-1 - art-12/par-3: 第八条 → 道路運送車両法 第八条 (Article 8), art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-8 - art-12/par-3: 第三号 → 道路運送車両法 第八条第一項第三号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-8/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-8/par-1/item-3 - art-12/par-3: 第四号 → 道路運送車両法 第八条第一項第四号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-8/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-8/par-1/item-4 - art-12/par-4: 第十条 → 道路運送車両法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-10 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1 - 道路運送車両法 第十二条第二項（変更登録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-12/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第十二条第三項（変更登録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-12/par-3 - 道路運送車両法 第十三条第三項（移転登録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-13/par-3 - 道路運送車両法 第十四条第一項（自動車登録番号の変更） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-14/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第百九条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-109/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-109/par-1/item-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路運送車両法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326AC0000000185/20260401_508AC0000000002), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 道路運送車両法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/529), retrieved 2026-09-18 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-transport-vehicle-act-20261013T120733-003, translated 2026-10-13 - This site's parser, version 189 — 道路運送車両法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13