# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第五十一条の八 (Article 51-8) - 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: 第五十一条の八 (Article 51-8)（確認事務の委託） — address `art-51-8` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8 - 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. --- ### 第五十一条の八（確認事務の委託） — (Asking Others to Handle Checking and Confirmation Processes) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-51-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8 **第一項** 警察署長は、第五十一条の四第一項に規定する放置車両の確認及び標章の取付け（以下「放置車両の確認等」という。）に関する事務（以下「確認事務」という。）の全部又は一部を、公安委員会の登録を受けた法人に委託することができる。 art-51-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-1 The chief of the police station may ask a corporation registered by the public safety commission to handle all or part of the administrative processes involved in checking for abandoned vehicles, confirming that vehicles have been abandoned, and attaching marks to them as prescribed in Article 51-4, paragraph (1) (hereinafter these actions are referred to as "checking for, confirming, and marking abandoned vehicles") (hereinafter these administrative processes are referred to as "checking and confirmation processes"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の登録（以下この条から第五十一条の十一までにおいて「登録」という。）は、委託を受けて確認事務を行おうとする法人の申請により行う。 art-51-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-2 Registration as referred to in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to from this Article through Article 51-11 as "registration") is carried out at the application of a corporation that has been asked to handle the checking and confirmation processes and that seeks to handle them. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 次の各号のいずれかに該当する法人は、登録を受けることができない。 art-51-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-3 A corporation as referred to in one of the following items may not be registered: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第五十一条の十の規定により登録を取り消され、その取消しの日から起算して二年を経過しない法人 art-51-8/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-3/item-1 a corporation whose registration has been revoked pursuant to Article 51-10 and it has been less than two years since the date of the revocation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 役員（業務を執行する社員、取締役、執行役又はこれらに準ずる者をいい、相談役、顧問その他いかなる名称を有する者であるかを問わず、法人に対し業務を執行する社員、取締役、執行役又はこれらに準ずる者と同等以上の支配力を有するものと認められる者を含む。第七十五条の十四において同じ。）のうちに次のいずれかに該当する者のある法人 art-51-8/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-3/item-2 a corporation among whose corporate officers (meaning a member who executes its business, a director, an executive officer, or a person equivalent to any of them, and including, regardless of what name the person bears, such as adviser, consultant, or otherwise, a person found to have control over the corporation equal to or greater than that of a member who executes its business, director, executive officer, or equivalent person; the same applies in Article 75-14) there is a person who falls under any of the following: machine translation, not official **イ** 破産手続開始の決定を受けて復権を得ない者 art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-1 a person who is subject to a decision on the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings and has not had their rights restored; machine translation, not official **ロ** 拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、又は第百十九条の二の四第二項の罪を犯して刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から起算して二年を経過しない者 art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-2 a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment, or who has been sentenced for committing a crime as referred to in Article 119-2-4, paragraph (2), if it has been less than two years since the day on which the person completed the sentence or ceased to be subject to its execution; machine translation, not official **ハ** 集団的に、又は常習的に暴力的不法行為その他の罪に当たる違法な行為で国家公安委員会規則で定めるものを行うおそれがあると認めるに足りる相当な理由がある者 art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-3 a person whom there are reasonable grounds to find likely of engaging concertedly or regularly in violent unlawful activities or other illegal activities constituting a crime provided for by Rules of the National Public Safety Commission; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ニ** 暴力団員による不当な行為の防止等に関する法律（平成三年法律第七十七号）第十二条若しくは第十二条の六の規定による命令又は同法第十二条の四第二項の規定による指示を受けた者であつて、当該命令又は指示を受けた日から起算して二年を経過しないもの art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-4 a person who has been subject to an order pursuant to Article 12 or Article 12-6 of the Act on the Prevention of Unlawful Activities by Members of Organized Crime Groups (Act No. 77 of 1991) or an instruction pursuant to Article 12-4, paragraph (2) of that Act, if it has been less than less than two years since the day on which the person became subject to that order or instruction; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ホ** アルコール、麻薬、大麻、あへん又は覚醒剤の中毒者 art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-5 an alcohol, narcotics, marijuana, opium, or stimulants addict; machine translation, not official **ヘ** 心身の障害により確認事務を適正に行うことができない者として国家公安委員会規則で定めるもの art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-6 a person provided for by Rules of the National Public Safety Commission as one who cannot appropriately undertake the checking and confirmation processes due to a mental or physical disorder. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 公安委員会は、第二項の規定により登録を申請した法人が次に掲げる要件の全てに適合しているときは、その登録をしなければならない。 art-51-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-4 The public safety commission must register a corporation that has applied for the registration pursuant to paragraph (2) if it conforms to all of the following requirements: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 車両、携帯電話用装置その他の携帯用の無線通話装置、地図、写真機及び電子計算機を用いて確認事務を行うものであること。 art-51-8/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-4/item-1 the checking and confirmation processes will be carried out using vehicles, cellular telephones and other portable wireless telephones, maps, cameras, and computers; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第五十一条の十二第三項の駐車監視員が放置車両の確認等を行うものであること。 art-51-8/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-4/item-2 parking inspectors as referred to in Article 51-12, paragraph (3) will be the ones checking for, confirming, and marking abandoned vehicles; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該公安委員会が置かれている都道府県の区域内に事務所を有するものであること。 art-51-8/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-4/item-3 the corporation has an office within the boundaries of the prefecture where the public safety commission is located. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 登録は、登録簿に登録を受ける法人の名称、代表者の氏名、主たる事務所の所在地、登録の年月日及び登録番号を記載してするものとする。 art-51-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-5 A registration must give the name of the registered corporation, the name of its representative, the locality of its principal office, the date of the registration, and the registration number. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 登録は、三年を下らない政令で定める期間ごとにその更新を受けなければ、その期間の経過によつて、その効力を失う。 art-51-8/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-6 Unless a registration is renewed by the end of each period as prescribed by Cabinet Order, it becomes invalid once that period passes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 第二項から第五項までの規定は、前項の登録の更新について準用する。 art-51-8/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-7 The provisions of paragraphs (2) through (5) apply mutatis mutandis to the renewal of a registration as referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-51-8/par-1: 第五十一条の四第一項 → 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-51-8/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の八第一項 (Article 51-8, paragraph (1)), art-51-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-1 - art-51-8/par-2: この条 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の八 (Article 51-8), art-51-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8 - art-51-8/par-2: 第五十一条の十一 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の十一 (Article 51-11), art-51-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-11 - art-51-8/par-3/item-1: 第五十一条の十 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の十 (Article 51-10), art-51-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-10 - art-51-8/par-3/item-2: 第七十五条の十四 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の十四 (Article 75-14), art-75-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-14 - art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-2: 第百十九条の二の四第二項 → 道路交通法 第百十九条の二の四第二項 (Article 119-2-4, paragraph (2)), art-119-2-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-119-2-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119-2-4/par-2 - art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-4: 暴力団員による不当な行為の防止等に関する法律（平成三年法律第七十七号）第十二条 → e-Gov law 403AC0000000077, 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — not held in this collection - art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-4: 第十二条の六 → e-Gov law 403AC0000000077, 第十二条の六 (Article 12-6), art-12-6 — not held in this collection - art-51-8/par-3/item-2/sub-4: 同法第十二条の四第二項 → e-Gov law 403AC0000000077, 第十二条の四第二項 (Article 12-4, paragraph (2)), art-12-4/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-51-8/par-4: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の八第二項 (Article 51-8, paragraph (2)), art-51-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-2 - art-51-8/par-4/item-2: 第五十一条の十二第三項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の十二第三項 (Article 51-12, paragraph (3)), art-51-12/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-12/par-3 - art-51-8/par-7: 第二項から第五項まで → 道路交通法 第五十一条の八第二項 (Article 51-8, paragraph (2)), art-51-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-2 - art-51-8/par-7: 第二項から第五項まで → 道路交通法 第五十一条の八第三項 (Article 51-8, paragraph (3)), art-51-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-3 - art-51-8/par-7: 第二項から第五項まで → 道路交通法 第五十一条の八第四項 (Article 51-8, paragraph (4)), art-51-8/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-4 - art-51-8/par-7: 第二項から第五項まで → 道路交通法 第五十一条の八第五項 (Article 51-8, paragraph (5)), art-51-8/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-5 - art-51-8/par-7: 前項 → 道路交通法 第五十一条の八第六項 (Article 51-8, paragraph (6)), art-51-8/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-6 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第五十一条の八第二項（確認事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-2 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の八第四項（確認事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-4 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の八第七項（確認事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-8/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-8/par-7 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の九第一項（適合命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-9/par-1 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の十第一項第一号（登録の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-10/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-10/par-1/item-1 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の十一第一項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-11/par-1 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の十二第一項（放置車両確認機関） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-12/par-1 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の十二第二項（放置車両確認機関） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-12/par-2 - 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 第五十一条の十三第一項第二号ロ（駐車監視員資格者証） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-13/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13/par-1/item-2/sub-2 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の十三第二項第一号（駐車監視員資格者証） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-13/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-13/par-2/item-1 - 道路交通法 第五十一条の十四第一項（国家公安委員会規則への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-51-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-51-14/par-1 - 道路交通法 附則第二条第一項（準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/suppl-4161-90/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/suppl-4161-90/art-2/par-1 --- ## Sources - 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-traffic-act-20261013T074321-004, translated 2026-10-13 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-traffic-act-20261013T230658-001, translated 2026-10-14 - This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13