# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二百六十四条の七 (Article 264-7) - 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: 第二百六十四条の七 (Article 264-7)（所有者不明土地管理人の報酬等） — address `art-264-7` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-7 - 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. --- ### 第二百六十四条の七（所有者不明土地管理人の報酬等） — (Remuneration of an Administrator of Unclaimed Land) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-264-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-7 **第一項** 所有者不明土地管理人は、所有者不明土地等から裁判所が定める額の費用の前払及び報酬を受けることができる。 art-264-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-7/par-1 An administrator of unclaimed land may receive advance payment of expenses, and remuneration in an amount determined by the court from the unclaimed land, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 所有者不明土地管理人による所有者不明土地等の管理に必要な費用及び報酬は、所有者不明土地等の所有者（その共有持分を有する者を含む。）の負担とする。 art-264-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-7/par-2 The expenses and remuneration necessary for the management of unclaimed land, etc. by an administrator of unclaimed land are to be borne by the owner of the unclaimed land, etc. (including those who have co-ownership shares therein). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## 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