# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第二十八条 (Article 28)

- 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: 第二十八条 (Article 28)（標識） — address `art-28`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-28
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-28
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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### 第二十八条（標識） — Signs
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-28</sup>

**第一項**  自動車登録番号標交付代行者は、事業場において、公衆の見易いように、国土交通省令で定める様式の標識を掲げなければならない。
<sup>art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-28/par-1</sup>
A motor vehicle registration number plate issuing agent must display, at its place of business, a sign in the form specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, in a manner easily visible to the public.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  自動車登録番号標交付代行者以外の者は、前項の標識又はこれに類似する標識を掲げてはならない。
<sup>art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-28/par-2</sup>
A person other than a motor vehicle registration number plate issuing agent must not display the sign referred to in the preceding paragraph or a sign resembling it.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-28/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-28/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 道路運送車両法 第二十八条第二項（標識） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-28/par-2
- 道路運送車両法 第二十八条の三第二項（封印の取付けの委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-28-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-28-3/par-2
- 道路運送車両法 第七十四条の五第三項（継続検査に係る自動車検査証への記録等に関する事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-5/par-3
- 道路運送車両法 第七十四条の六第三項（自動車検査証の変更記録に関する事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-6/par-3
- 道路運送車両法 第百十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-110/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-110/par-1/item-1
- 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
