# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第九十七条の二 (Article 97-2) - 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: 第九十七条の二 (Article 97-2) — address `art-97-2` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-97-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-97-2 - 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. --- ### 第九十七条の二 art-97-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-97-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-97-2 **第一項** 自動車の使用者が第六十二条第二項（第六十七条第四項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により自動車検査証の返付を受けようとする場合（検査対象軽自動車又は二輪の小型自動車の使用者にあつては、第六十二条第二項の規定により自動車検査証の返付を受けようとする場合に限る。）には、当該自動車の使用者は、当該自動車の所有者が当該自動車について現に自動車税又は軽自動車税の滞納（天災その他やむを得ない事由によるものを除く。）がないことを証するに足る書面を提示しなければならない。 art-97-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-97-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-97-2/par-1 In the case where the user of a motor vehicle intends to have the motor vehicle inspection certificate returned pursuant to Article 62, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 67, paragraph (4)) (in the case of the user of a light motor vehicle subject to inspection or a two-wheeled small-sized motor vehicle, limited to the case where the user intends to have the certificate returned pursuant to Article 62, paragraph (2)), the user of that motor vehicle must present a document sufficient to certify that the owner of that motor vehicle has no current arrears of motor vehicle tax or light motor vehicle tax on that motor vehicle (excluding arrears due to a natural disaster or other unavoidable reason). machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の場合において、現に自動車税又は軽自動車税の滞納がないことを証するに足る書面の提示については、当該書面の提示に代えて、政令で定めるところにより、国土交通大臣（第七十四条の四の規定の適用があるときは、協会。次項において同じ。）が当該自動車税又は軽自動車税を課した地方公共団体にその額の納付の有無の事実を確認することにより行うことができる。 art-97-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-97-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-97-2/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the presentation of a document sufficient to certify that there are currently no arrears of motor vehicle tax or light motor vehicle tax may be replaced, as provided by Cabinet Order, by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (where Article 74-4 applies, the Organization; the same applies in the following paragraph) confirming with the local government that imposed that motor vehicle tax or light motor vehicle tax whether or not the amount has been paid. machine translation, not official **第三項** 国土交通大臣は、第一項の書面の提示又は前項の納付の事実の確認がないときは、自動車検査証の返付をしないものとする。 art-97-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-97-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-97-2/par-3 If there is no presentation of the document referred to in paragraph (1) or confirmation of the fact of payment referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is not to return the motor vehicle inspection certificate. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-97-2/par-1: 第六十二条第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十二条第二項 (Article 62, paragraph (2)), art-62/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-62/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-62/par-2 - art-97-2/par-1: 第六十七条第四項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十七条第四項 (Article 67, paragraph (4)), art-67/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-67/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-67/par-4 - art-97-2/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第九十七条の二第一項 (Article 97-2, paragraph (1)), art-97-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-97-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-97-2/par-1 - art-97-2/par-2: 第七十四条の四 → 道路運送車両法 第七十四条の四 (Article 74-4), art-74-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-74-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-74-4 - art-97-2/par-2: 次項 → 道路運送車両法 第九十七条の二第三項 (Article 97-2, paragraph (3)), art-97-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-97-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-97-2/par-3 - art-97-2/par-3: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第九十七条の二第一項 (Article 97-2, paragraph (1)), art-97-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-97-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-97-2/par-1 - art-97-2/par-3: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第九十七条の二第二項 (Article 97-2, paragraph (2)), art-97-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-97-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-97-2/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路運送車両法 第九十七条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-97-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-97-2/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第九十七条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-97-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-97-2/par-3 - 道路運送車両法 附則第二十四条第二項（道路運送車両法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-5081-2/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-5081-2/art-24/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 附則第二十四条第三項（道路運送車両法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-5081-2/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-5081-2/art-24/par-3 --- ## 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-20261013T120733-031, 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