# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二百六十四条の八 (Article 264-8) - 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: 第二百六十四条の八 (Article 264-8)（所有者不明建物管理命令） — address `art-264-8` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-8 - 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. --- ### 第二百六十四条の八（所有者不明建物管理命令） — (Administration Order for Unclaimed Buildings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-264-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-8 **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建物（建物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建物の共有持分）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、その請求に係る建物又は共有持分を対象として、所有者不明建物管理人（第四項に規定する所有者不明建物管理人をいう。以下この条において同じ。）による管理を命ずる処分（以下この条において「所有者不明建物管理命令」という。）をすることができる。 art-264-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-8/par-1 With regard to a building for which the identity of the owner cannot be ascertained or for which the owner's whereabouts cannot be ascertained (or if the building belongs to several co-owners, a co-ownership share in a building 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 for unclaimed building (meaning the administrator of unclaimed building referred to in paragraph (4); the same applies in this Article below) for the building or co-ownership share related to the request (referred to as "administration order for unclaimed buildings" in this Article below). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 所有者不明建物管理命令の効力は、当該所有者不明建物管理命令の対象とされた建物（共有持分を対象として所有者不明建物管理命令が発せられた場合にあっては、共有物である建物）にある動産（当該所有者不明建物管理命令の対象とされた建物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。）及び当該建物を所有し、又は当該建物の共有持分を有するための建物の敷地に関する権利（賃借権その他の使用及び収益を目的とする権利（所有権を除く。）であって、当該所有者不明建物管理命令の対象とされた建物の所有者又は共有持分を有する者が有するものに限る。）に及ぶ。 art-264-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-8/par-2 The effect of an administration order for unclaimed buildings extends to movables (limited to those owned by the owner of the building or the person holding the co-ownership share that is the subject of the administration order for unclaimed buildings ) located in the building (or if the administration order for unclaimed buildings is issued for a co-ownership share, the building that is property in co-ownership) that is the subject of the administration order for unclaimed building, as well as any rights to the building site for the purpose of owning the building or co-ownership shares therein (limited to right of lease or other rights to use and earn profit (excluding ownership rights) held by the owner of the building or the person holding a co-ownership share that is the subject of the administration order for unclaimed buildings). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 所有者不明建物管理命令は、所有者不明建物管理命令が発せられた後に当該所有者不明建物管理命令が取り消された場合において、当該所有者不明建物管理命令の対象とされた建物又は共有持分並びに当該所有者不明建物管理命令の効力が及ぶ動産及び建物の敷地に関する権利の管理、処分その他の事由により所有者不明建物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-264-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-8/par-3 an administration order for unclaimed buildings, if it is set aside after the issuance that order, may also be issued on the property obtained by the administrator of unclaimed building due to its management or disposition of the building or co-ownership share that is the subject of the administration order for unclaimed buildings as well as movables and rights on a building site to which the effect of the administration order for unclaimed buildings extends, or 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、所有者不明建物管理命令をする場合には、当該所有者不明建物管理命令において、所有者不明建物管理人を選任しなければならない。 art-264-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-8/par-4 When issuing an administration order for unclaimed buildings, the court must appoint an administrator of unclaimed building in the order itself. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第二百六十四条の三から前条までの規定は、所有者不明建物管理命令及び所有者不明建物管理人について準用する。 art-264-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-8/par-5 The provisions of Article 264-3 through the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to an administration order for unclaimed buildings and an administrator of unclaimed buildings. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "an administration order for unclaimed buildings and an administrator of unclaimed buildings." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4848/tb --- ## Cites - art-264-8/par-1: 第四項 → 民法 第二百六十四条の八第四項 (Article 264-8, paragraph (4)), art-264-8/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-8/par-4 - art-264-8/par-1: この条 → 民法 第二百六十四条の八 (Article 264-8), art-264-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-8 - art-264-8/par-5: 第二百六十四条の三から前条まで → 民法 第二百六十四条の三 (Article 264-3), art-264-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-3 - art-264-8/par-5: 第二百六十四条の三から前条まで → 民法 第二百六十四条の四 (Article 264-4), art-264-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-4 - art-264-8/par-5: 第二百六十四条の三から前条まで → 民法 第二百六十四条の五 (Article 264-5), art-264-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-5 - art-264-8/par-5: 第二百六十四条の三から前条まで → 民法 第二百六十四条の六 (Article 264-6), art-264-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-6 - art-264-8/par-5: 第二百六十四条の三から前条まで → 民法 第二百六十四条の七 (Article 264-7), art-264-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-7 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 建物の区分所有等に関する法律 第六条第四項（区分所有者の権利義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/building-unit-ownership-act/art-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/337AC0000000069/art-6/par-4 - 民法 第二百六十四条の八第一項（所有者不明建物管理命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-264-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-264-8/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-12 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Code (民法), Article 264-8, paragraph (5) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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