# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第十三条 (Article 13) - Law: 道路運送車両法 (Road Transport Vehicle Act), 昭和二十六年法律第百八十五号 - English title "Road Transport Vehicle Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title - 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: 第十三条 (Article 13)（移転登録） — address `art-13` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-13 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-13 - 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. --- ### 第十三条（移転登録） — Transfer Registration caption: machine translation, not official art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-13 **第一項** 新規登録を受けた自動車（以下「登録自動車」という。）について所有者の変更があつたときは、新所有者は、その事由があつた日から十五日以内に、国土交通大臣の行う移転登録の申請をしなければならない。 art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-13/par-1 Where there has been a change of owner of a motor vehicle that has received new registration (hereinafter referred to as a "registered motor vehicle"), the new owner must, within 15 days from the date of the cause, file an application for transfer registration with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. machine translation, not official **第二項** 国土交通大臣は、前項の申請を受理したときは、第八条第一号若しくは第四号に該当する場合又は当該自動車に係る自動車検査証が有効なものでない場合を除き、移転登録をしなければならない。 art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-13/par-2 Upon receiving the application under the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must carry out transfer registration, except in the case where Article 8, item (i) or (iv) applies or where the motor vehicle inspection certificate for the motor vehicle is not valid. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前条第二項の規定は、第一項の申請について準用する。 art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-13/par-3 The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the application under paragraph (1). machine translation, not official **第四項** 第十条の規定は、移転登録をした場合について準用する。 art-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-13/par-4 The provisions of Article 10 apply mutatis mutandis where transfer registration has been carried out. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-13/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-13/par-1 - art-13/par-2: 第八条第一号 → 道路運送車両法 第八条第一項第一号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-8/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-8/par-1/item-1 - art-13/par-2: 第四号 → 道路運送車両法 第八条第一項第四号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-8/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-8/par-1/item-4 - art-13/par-3: 前条第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第十二条第二項 (Article 12, paragraph (2)), art-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-12/par-2 - art-13/par-3: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-13/par-1 - art-13/par-4: 第十条 → 道路運送車両法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-10 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 消費税法 附則第十一条第二項（普通乗用自動車の税率等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumption-tax-act/suppl-3631-108/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/suppl-3631-108/art-11/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第十二条第一項（変更登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-12/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第十三条第二項（移転登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-13/par-2 - 道路運送車両法 第十三条第三項（移転登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-13/par-3 - 道路運送車両法 第十四条第一項（自動車登録番号の変更） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-14/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第百九条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-109/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-109/par-1/item-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路運送車両法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326AC0000000185/20260401_508AC0000000002), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 道路運送車両法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/529), retrieved 2026-09-18 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-transport-vehicle-act-20261013T120733-003, translated 2026-10-13 - This site's parser, version 189 — 道路運送車両法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13