# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二百六十四条の三 (Article 264-3) - 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: 第二百六十四条の三 (Article 264-3)（所有者不明土地管理人の権限） — address `art-264-3` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-3 - 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. --- ### 第二百六十四条の三（所有者不明土地管理人の権限） — (Authority of Administrator of Unclaimed Land) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-264-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-3 **第一項** 前条第四項の規定により所有者不明土地管理人が選任された場合には、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所有者不明土地管理命令の効力が及ぶ動産並びにその管理、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（以下「所有者不明土地等」という。）の管理及び処分をする権利は、所有者不明土地管理人に専属する。 art-264-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-3/par-1 If an administrator of unclaimed land is appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article, the right to manage and dispose of the land or co-ownership 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, as well as the property obtained by the administrator of unclaimed land due to its management or disposition or other reasons (referred to as "unclaimed land, etc." below), is exclusive to the administrator of unclaimed land. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 所有者不明土地管理人が次に掲げる行為の範囲を超える行為をするには、裁判所の許可を得なければならない。ただし、この許可がないことをもって善意の第三者に対抗することはできない。 art-264-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-3/par-2 An administrator of unclaimed land must obtain permission of the court in order to conduct any act beyond the scope of the following acts; provided, however, that the absence of permission may not be duly asserted against a third party acting in good faith. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 保存行為 art-264-3/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-3/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-3/par-2/item-1 acts of preservation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 所有者不明土地等の性質を変えない範囲内において、その利用又は改良を目的とする行為 art-264-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-3/par-2/item-2 acts for the purpose of use or improvement of land with an unclear record of ownership, etc. to the extent that the nature of the land is not changed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-264-3/par-1: 前条第四項 → 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 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第二百六十四条の八第五項（所有者不明建物管理命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-8/par-5 --- ## 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