# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第五十一条の四 (Article 51-4) - Law: 道路交通法 (Road Traffic Act), 昭和三十五年法律第百五号 - English title "Road Traffic Act": 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: 第五十一条の四 (Article 51-4)（放置違反金） — address `art-51-4` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4 - 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. --- ### 第五十一条の四（放置違反金） — (Abandonment Penalty) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-51-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4 **第一項** 警察署長は、警察官等に、違法駐車と認められる場合における車両（軽車両にあつては、牽引されるための構造及び装置を有し、かつ、車両総重量（道路運送車両法第四十条第三号の車両総重量をいう。）が七百五十キログラムを超えるもの（以下「重被牽引車」という。）に限る。以下この条において同じ。）であつて、その運転者がこれを離れて直ちに運転することができない状態にあるもの（以下「放置車両」という。）の確認をさせ、内閣府令で定めるところにより、当該確認をした旨及び当該車両に係る違法駐車行為（違法駐車と認められる場合に係る車両の運転者の行為をいう。第四項及び第十六項において同じ。）をした者について第四項ただし書に規定する場合に該当しないときは同項本文の規定により当該車両の使用者が放置違反金の納付を命ぜられることがある旨を告知する標章を当該車両の見やすい箇所に取り付けさせることができる。 art-51-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-1 The chief of a police station may have an officer check whether there is any vehicle in a case found to have been parked illegally (in the case of a light road vehicle, limited to one that has a structure and equipment that allows it to be towed and has a gross vehicle weight (meaning the gross vehicle weight prescribed in Article 40, item (iii) of the Road Transport Vehicle Act) exceeding 750 kilograms (hereinafter referred to as a "heavy towable vehicle"); the same applies hereinafter in this Article) the driver of which has left it and cannot drive it immediately (hereinafter referred to as an "abandoned vehicle"), and have the officer attach to the vehicle, in an easily visible place and pursuant to Cabinet Office Order, a mark giving notice that the officer has made that check and that, if the person who committed the Illegal Parking concerning that vehicle (meaning the act of the driver of a vehicle in a case found to have been parked illegally; the same applies in paragraphs (4) and (16)) does not fall under the case prescribed in the proviso to paragraph (4), the user of that vehicle may be ordered to pay an abandonment penalty pursuant to the main clause of that paragraph. machine translation, not official **第二項** 何人も、前項の規定により車両に取り付けられた標章を破損し、若しくは汚損し、又はこれを取り除いてはならない。ただし、当該車両の使用者、運転者その他当該車両の管理について責任がある者が取り除く場合は、この限りでない。 art-51-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-2 It is prohibited for any person to damage or deface a mark attached to a vehicle pursuant to the preceding paragraph or to remove the same; provided, however, that this does not apply to the removal of such a mark by the user or driver of the vehicle or any other person responsible for the management of that vehicle. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 警察署長は、第一項の規定により車両に標章を取り付けさせたときは、当該車両の駐車に関する状況を公安委員会に報告しなければならない。 art-51-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-3 Having caused a mark to be attached to a vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1), the chief of the police station must report how the vehicle is parked to the public safety commission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定による報告を受けた公安委員会は、当該報告に係る車両を放置車両と認めるときは、当該車両の使用者に対し、放置違反金の納付を命ずることができる。ただし、第一項の規定により当該車両に標章が取り付けられた日の翌日から起算して三十日以内に、当該車両に係る違法駐車行為をした者が当該違法駐車行為について第百二十八条第一項の規定による反則金の納付をした場合又は当該違法駐車行為に係る事件について公訴を提起され、若しくは家庭裁判所の審判に付された場合は、この限りでない。 art-51-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-4 Upon receiving a report under the preceding paragraph, if the public safety commission finds that the vehicle to which the report pertains is an abandoned vehicle, it may order the user of the vehicle to pay an abandonment penalty; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person that has illegally parked the vehicle pays a penalty pursuant to Article 128, paragraph (1) within 30 days, counting from the day following that on which a mark is attached to the vehicle pursuant to paragraph (1), nor does it apply if a case that is connected with that instance of illegal parking becomes subject to prosecution or is brought before the family court for trial. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項本文の規定による命令（以下「納付命令」という。）は、放置違反金の額並びに納付の期限及び場所を記載した文書により行うものとする。 art-51-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-5 An order under the main clause of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "payment order") is to be issued in writing through a document that gives the amount, due date, and place for payment of the abandonment penalty. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 公安委員会は、納付命令をしようとするときは、当該車両の使用者に対し、あらかじめ、次に掲げる事項を書面で通知し、相当の期間を指定して、当該事案について弁明を記載した書面（以下この項及び第九項において「弁明書」という。）及び有利な証拠を提出する機会を与えなければならない。 art-51-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-6 Prior to issuing a payment order, the public safety commission must notify the user of the vehicle of the following information in writing and give the user an opportunity to submit a written explanation of the matter at issue (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph and paragraph (9) as an "explanatory statement") and evidence in the user's favor within a reasonable timeframe: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Prior to issuing a payment order, the public safety commission must notify theuser of the vehicle of the following information in writing and give the user an opportunity to submit a written explanation of the matter at issue (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph and paragraph (9) as an "explanatory statement") and evidence in theuser's favor within a reasonable timeframe:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2962/tb **一** 当該納付命令の原因となる事実 art-51-4/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-6/item-1 the facts constituting the grounds for the payment order; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 弁明書の提出先及び提出期限 art-51-4/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-6/item-2 the address and due date for submission of an explanatory statement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 公安委員会は、納付命令を受けるべき者の所在が判明しないときは、前項の規定による通知を、その者の氏名及び同項第二号に掲げる事項並びに公安委員会が同項各号に掲げる事項を記載した書面をいつでもその者に交付する旨（以下この項において「公示事項」という。）を内閣府令で定める方法により不特定多数の者が閲覧することができる状態に置くとともに、公示事項が記載された書面を当該公安委員会の掲示板に掲示し、又は公示事項を当該公安委員会の庁舎に設置した電子計算機の映像面に表示したものの閲覧をすることができる状態に置く措置をとることによつて行うことができる。この場合においては、当該措置を開始した日から二週間を経過したときに、当該通知がその者に到達したものとみなす。 art-51-4/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-7 If the whereabouts of the person who should receive a payment order are unknown, the public safety commission may give the notice under the preceding paragraph by taking measures to place the person's name, the matters set forth in item (ii) of that paragraph, and the fact that the public safety commission will deliver to the person at any time a document stating the matters set forth in the items of that paragraph (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "particulars of the public notice") in a state in which they can be viewed by an unspecified number of persons by the method that Cabinet Office Order prescribes and, at the same time, to post a document stating the particulars of the public notice on the notice board of the public safety commission, or to place in a state in which it can be viewed what displays the particulars of the public notice on the display screen of a computer installed in the office building of the public safety commission. In such a case, the notice is deemed to have reached the person when two weeks have passed from the day on which those measures were begun. machine translation, not official **第八項** 放置違反金の額は、別表第一に定める金額の範囲内において、政令で定める。 art-51-4/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-8 Cabinet Order provides for the amount of abandonment penalties within the scope of the amount prescribed in Schedule I. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第九項** 第六項の規定による通知を受けた者は、弁明書の提出期限までに、政令で定めるところにより、放置違反金に相当する金額を仮に納付することができる。 art-51-4/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-9 A person notified as under paragraph (6) may make a provisional payment in an amount equivalent to the abandonment penalty by the due date for submission of the explanatory statement, pursuant to Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十項** 納付命令は、前項の規定による仮納付をした者については、政令で定めるところにより、公示して行うことができる。 art-51-4/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-10 A payment order may be issued by public notice against a person making a provisional payment under the preceding paragraph, pursuant to Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十一項** 第九項の規定による仮納付をした者について同項の通知に係る納付命令があつたときは、当該放置違反金に相当する金額の仮納付は、当該納付命令による放置違反金の納付とみなす。 art-51-4/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-11 If a payment order is issued in connection with a notice referred to in paragraph (9) against a person that has made a provisional payment as under that paragraph (9), the provisional payment in the amount equivalent to the relevant abandonment penalty is deemed to constitute the payment of the abandonment penalty as under that payment order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十二項** 公安委員会は、第九項の規定による仮納付をした者について同項の通知に係る納付命令をしないこととしたときは、速やかに、その者に対し、理由を明示してその旨を書面で通知し、当該仮納付に係る金額を返還しなければならない。 art-51-4/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-12 If the public safety commission decides not to issue a payment order in connection with a notice referred to in paragraph (9) against a person that has made a provisional payment as under that paragraph, it must promptly notify that person in writing, giving a clear indication of the reasons for this and returning the provisional payment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十三項** 公安委員会は、納付命令を受けた者が納付の期限を経過しても放置違反金を納付しないときは、督促状によつて納付すべき期限を指定して督促しなければならない。この場合において、公安委員会は、放置違反金につき年十四・五パーセントの割合により計算した額の範囲内の延滞金及び督促に要した手数料を徴収することができる。 art-51-4/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-13 If a person issued a payment order fails to pay the abandonment penalty by its due date, the public safety commission must issue a written demand that fixes the due date for payment. In such a case, the public safety commission may collect a fine for delinquency of up to the amount calculated as representing 14.5 percent per annum of the abandonment penalty, and may collect a fee for the necessary costs of issuing the demand. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十四項** 前項の規定による督促を受けた者がその指定期限までに放置違反金並びに同項後段の延滞金及び手数料（以下この条及び第五十一条の七において「放置違反金等」という。）を納付しないときは、公安委員会は、地方税の滞納処分の例により、放置違反金等を徴収することができる。この場合における放置違反金等の先取特権の順位は、国税及び地方税に次ぐものとする。 art-51-4/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-14 If a person subject to a demand under the preceding paragraph fails to pay the abandonment penalty, fines for delinquency, or fees referred to in the second sentence of that paragraph (hereinafter referred to in this Article and Article 51-7 as an "abandonment penalty, fines, or fees") by the fixed due date, the public safety commission may collect the abandonment penalty, fines, or fees based on the rules governing measures to collect local tax arrears. In such a case, the abandonment penalty, fines, or fees follow national taxes and local taxes in order of priority as concerns statutory liens. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十五項** 納付され、又は徴収された放置違反金等は、当該公安委員会が置かれている都道府県の収入とする。 art-51-4/par-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-15 Abandonment penalties, fines, and fees paid and collected are the revenue of the prefecture where the public safety commission is located. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十六項** 公安委員会は、納付命令をした場合において、当該納付命令の原因となつた車両に係る違法駐車行為をした者が当該違法駐車行為について第百二十八条第一項の規定による反則金の納付をしたとき、又は当該違法駐車行為に係る事件について公訴を提起され、若しくは家庭裁判所の審判に付されたときは、当該納付命令を取り消さなければならない。 art-51-4/par-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-16 The public safety commission must revoke a payment order it has issued if the person illegally parking a vehicle and thereby giving grounds for the payment order pays a penalty for having parked illegally as under Article 128, paragraph (1), or if the case involving that instance of illegal parking becomes subject to prosecution or is brought before the family court for trial. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十七項** 公安委員会は、前項の規定により納付命令を取り消したときは、速やかに、理由を明示してその旨を当該納付命令を受けた者に通知しなければならない。この場合において、既に当該納付命令に係る放置違反金等が納付され、又は徴収されているときは、公安委員会は、当該放置違反金等に相当する金額を還付しなければならない。 art-51-4/par-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-17 Having revoked a payment order pursuant to the preceding paragraph, a public safety commission must promptly notify the person subject to it of this, clearly indicating the reason for the revocation. In such a case, if the abandonment penalty, fines, or fees to which the payment order pertained have been paid or collected, the public safety commission must refund an equivalent amount. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十八項** 放置違反金等の徴収又は還付に関する書類の送達及び公示送達については、地方税の例による。 art-51-4/par-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-18 Service of documents and service by publication in connection with the collection and refunding of the abandonment penalty, fines, or fees are governed by the rules governing local taxes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-51-4/par-1: 道路運送車両法第四十条第三号 → 道路運送車両法 第四十条第一項第三号 (Article 40, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-40/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-40/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-40/par-1/item-3 - art-51-4/par-1: この条 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四 (Article 51-4), art-51-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4 - art-51-4/par-1: 第四項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第四項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (4)), art-51-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-4 - art-51-4/par-1: 第十六項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第十六項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (16)), art-51-4/par-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-16 - art-51-4/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第一項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (1)), art-51-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-1 - art-51-4/par-3: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第一項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (1)), art-51-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-1 - art-51-4/par-4: 前項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第三項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (3)), art-51-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-3 - art-51-4/par-4: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第一項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (1)), art-51-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-1 - art-51-4/par-4: 第百二十八条第一項 → 道路交通法 第百二十八条第一項 (Article 128, paragraph (1)), art-128/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-128/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-128/par-1 - art-51-4/par-5: 前項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第四項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (4)), art-51-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-4 - art-51-4/par-6: この項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第六項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (6)), art-51-4/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-6 - art-51-4/par-6: 第九項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第九項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (9)), art-51-4/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-9 - art-51-4/par-7: 前項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第六項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (6)), art-51-4/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-6 - art-51-4/par-7: 同項第二号 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第六項第二号 (Article 51-4, paragraph (6), item (ii)), art-51-4/par-6/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-6/item-2 - art-51-4/par-7: この項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第七項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (7)), art-51-4/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-7 - art-51-4/par-8: 別表第一 → 道路交通法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/appdx-1 - art-51-4/par-9: 第六項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第六項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (6)), art-51-4/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-6 - art-51-4/par-10: 前項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第九項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (9)), art-51-4/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-9 - art-51-4/par-11: 第九項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第九項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (9)), art-51-4/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-9 - art-51-4/par-12: 第九項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第九項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (9)), art-51-4/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-9 - art-51-4/par-14: 前項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第十三項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (13)), art-51-4/par-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-13 - art-51-4/par-14: この条 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四 (Article 51-4), art-51-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4 - art-51-4/par-14: 第五十一条の七 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の七 (Article 51-7), art-51-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-7 - art-51-4/par-16: 第百二十八条第一項 → 道路交通法 第百二十八条第一項 (Article 128, paragraph (1)), art-128/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-128/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-128/par-1 - art-51-4/par-17: 前項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第十六項 (Article 51-4, paragraph (16)), art-51-4/par-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-16 ## Cited by 26 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第五十条の二第一項（違法停車に対する措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-50-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-50-2/par-1 - 道路交通法 第五十一条第一項（違法駐車に対する措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51/par-1 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第一項（放置違反金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-1 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第二項（放置違反金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-2 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第三項（放置違反金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-3 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第四項（放置違反金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-4 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第五項（放置違反金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-5 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第六項（放置違反金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-6 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第七項（放置違反金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-7 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第九項（放置違反金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-9 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第十項（放置違反金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-10 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第十一項（放置違反金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-11 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第十二項（放置違反金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-12 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第十四項（放置違反金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-14 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の四第十七項（放置違反金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-4/par-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-4/par-17 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の五第一項（報告徴収等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-5/par-1 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の五第二項（報告徴収等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-5/par-2 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の六第一項（国家公安委員会への報告等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-6/par-1 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の七第一項（放置違反金等の納付等を証する書面の提示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-7/par-1 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の八第一項（確認事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-1 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の十二第八項（放置車両確認機関） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-12/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-12/par-8 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の十五第一項（放置違反金関係事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-15/par-1 - 道路交通法 第七十五条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-2/par-2 - 道路交通法 第七十五条の八第三項（停車及び駐車の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-8/par-3 - 道路交通法 第百二十一条第一項第十号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-121/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-121/par-1/item-10 - 道路交通法 附則第二条第一項第五号（公示送達等の方法に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-5051-63/art-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-5051-63/art-2/par-1/item-5 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Slips in the Ministry of Justice's English of the Road Traffic Act, corrected, written 2026-10-13 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路交通法 — the text in force from 2026-07-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000105/20260721_508AC0000000052), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Road Traffic Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2962/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Road Traffic Act (道路交通法), Article 51-4, paragraph (6) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2962/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-traffic-act-20261013T074321-004, translated 2026-10-13 - This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13