# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第二十七条 (Article 27)

- 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: 第二十七条 (Article 27)（自動車登録番号標の交付手数料） — address `art-27`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-27
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-27
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### 第二十七条（自動車登録番号標の交付手数料） — Fees for Issuance of Motor Vehicle Registration Number Plates
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<sup>art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-27</sup>

**第一項**  自動車登録番号標交付代行者は、自動車登録番号標の交付につき収受する手数料については、国土交通大臣の認可を受けなければならない。
<sup>art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-27/par-1</sup>
A motor vehicle registration number plate issuing agent must obtain the authorization of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism with respect to the fee it collects for the issuance of motor vehicle registration number plates.
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**第二項**  国土交通大臣は、前項の認可をしようとするときは、自動車登録番号標の交付に要する実費を考慮して、これをしなければならない。
<sup>art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-27/par-2</sup>
When the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is to give the authorization under the preceding paragraph, the Minister must do so in consideration of the actual expenses required for issuing motor vehicle registration number plates.
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**第三項**  自動車登録番号標交付代行者は、第一項の手数料について、事業場において公衆の見やすいように掲示するとともに、国土交通省令で定めるところにより、電気通信回線に接続して行う自動公衆送信（公衆によつて直接受信されることを目的として公衆からの求めに応じ自動的に送信を行うことをいい、放送又は有線放送に該当するものを除く。以下同じ。）により公衆の閲覧に供しなければならない。
<sup>art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-27/par-3</sup>
A motor vehicle registration number plate issuing agent must post the fee referred to in paragraph (1) at its place of business in a manner easily visible to the public, and must also make it available for public inspection, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, by automatic public transmission conducted by connecting to a telecommunications line (meaning automatically transmitting in response to a request from the public for the purpose of direct reception by the public, excluding that which constitutes broadcasting or wire broadcasting; the same applies hereinafter).
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## Cites
- art-27/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第二十七条第一項 (Article 27, paragraph (1)), art-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-27/par-1
- art-27/par-3: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第二十七条第一項 (Article 27, paragraph (1)), art-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-27/par-1

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 道路運送車両法 第二十七条第二項（自動車登録番号標の交付手数料） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-27/par-2
- 道路運送車両法 第二十七条第三項（自動車登録番号標の交付手数料） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-27/par-3
- 道路運送車両法 第百十条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-110/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-110/par-1/item-2
- 道路運送車両法 第百十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-112/par-1

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## 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-20261013T120733-006, 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
