# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二百六十四条の二 (Article 264-2) - Law: 民法 (Civil Code), 明治二十九年法律第八十九号 - English title "Civil Code": Ministry of Justice translation - 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: 第二百六十四条の二 (Article 264-2)（所有者不明土地管理命令） — address `art-264-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-2 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百六十四条の二（所有者不明土地管理命令） — (Administration Order for Unclaimed Land) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-264-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-2 **第一項** 裁判所は、所有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土地（土地が数人の共有に属する場合にあっては、共有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土地の共有持分）について、必要があると認めるときは、利害関係人の請求により、その請求に係る土地又は共有持分を対象として、所有者不明土地管理人（第四項に規定する所有者不明土地管理人をいう。以下同じ。）による管理を命ずる処分（以下「所有者不明土地管理命令」という。）をすることができる。 art-264-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-2/par-1 With regard to land for which the identity of the owner cannot be ascertained or for which the owner's whereabouts cannot be ascertained (or if the land belongs to several co-owners, a co-ownership share for which the identity of the owner cannot be ascertained or for which the owner's whereabouts cannot be ascertained), the court, finding it necessary, upon the request of an interested person, may issue a disposition to order administration by an administrator of unclaimed land (meaning the administrator of unclaimed land referred to in paragraph (4); the same applies below) for the land or co-ownership share related to the request (referred to as "administration order for unclaimed land" below). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 所有者不明土地管理命令の効力は、当該所有者不明土地管理命令の対象とされた土地（共有持分を対象として所有者不明土地管理命令が発せられた場合にあっては、共有物である土地）にある動産（当該所有者不明土地管理命令の対象とされた土地の所有者又は共有持分を有する者が所有するものに限る。）に及ぶ。 art-264-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-2/par-2 The effect of an administration order for unclaimed land extends to movables (limited to those owned by the owner of the land or the person holding the co-ownership share that is the subject of the administration order for unclaimed land) located on the land that is the subject of the administration order for unclaimed land (or if the administration order for unclaimed land is issued for a co-ownership share, the land that is property in co-ownership). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 所有者不明土地管理命令は、所有者不明土地管理命令が発せられた後に当該所有者不明土地管理命令が取り消された場合において、当該所有者不明土地管理命令の対象とされた土地又は共有持分及び当該所有者不明土地管理命令の効力が及ぶ動産の管理、処分その他の事由により所有者不明土地管理人が得た財産について、必要があると認めるときも、することができる。 art-264-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-2/par-3 if an administration order for unclaimed land is set aside after the issuance, it may also be issued on the property obtained by the administrator of unclaimed land due to management or disposition of the land or co-ownership share that is the subject of the administration order for unclaimed land, and movables to which the effect of the administration order for unclaimed land extends, or for other reasons, when it is found to be necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 裁判所は、所有者不明土地管理命令をする場合には、当該所有者不明土地管理命令において、所有者不明土地管理人を選任しなければならない。 art-264-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-2/par-4 When issuing an administration order for unclaimed land, the court must appoint an administrator of unclaimed land in the order itself. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-264-2/par-1: 第四項 → 民法 第二百六十四条の二第四項 (Article 264-2, paragraph (4)), art-264-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-2/par-4 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第二百六十四条の二第一項（所有者不明土地管理命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-2/par-1 - 民法 第二百六十四条の三第一項（所有者不明土地管理人の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-3/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-10-11 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Code — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4848/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11