# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第十五条 (Article 15) - 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: 第十五条 (Article 15)（永久抹消登録） — address `art-15` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15 - 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. --- ### 第十五条（永久抹消登録） — Permanent Cancellation of Registration caption: machine translation, not official art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15 **第一項** 登録自動車の所有者は、次に掲げる場合には、その事由があつた日（当該事由が使用済自動車の解体である場合にあつては、使用済自動車の再資源化等に関する法律による情報管理センター（以下単に「情報管理センター」という。）に当該自動車が同法の規定に基づき適正に解体された旨の報告がされたことを証する記録として政令で定める記録（以下「解体報告記録」という。）がなされたことを知つた日）から十五日以内に、永久抹消登録の申請をしなければならない。 art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15/par-1 In the following cases, the owner of a registered motor vehicle must file an application for permanent cancellation of registration within 15 days from the date of the cause (in the case where the cause is the dismantling of an end-of-life automobile, the date on which the owner learned that a record specified by Cabinet Order as a record evidencing that a report has been made to the Information Management Center under the Act on Recycling of End-of-Life Automobiles (hereinafter simply referred to as the "Information Management Center") to the effect that the motor vehicle has been properly dismantled based on the provisions of that Act (hereinafter referred to as a "dismantling report record") has been made): machine translation, not official **一** 登録自動車が滅失し、解体し（整備又は改造のために解体する場合を除く。）、又は自動車の用途を廃止したとき。 art-15/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15/par-1/item-1 where the registered motor vehicle has been lost, dismantled (excluding dismantling for maintenance or modification), or discontinued from use as a motor vehicle; or machine translation, not official **二** 当該自動車の車台が当該自動車の新規登録の際存したものでなくなつたとき。 art-15/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15/par-1/item-2 where the chassis of the motor vehicle has ceased to be what existed at the time of the new registration of the motor vehicle. machine translation, not official **第二項** 引取業者（使用済自動車の再資源化等に関する法律による引取業者をいう。第百条第一項第三号において同じ。）は、同法の規定に基づきその取扱いに係る登録自動車の解体報告記録がなされたことを確認し、これを確認したときは、自らが当該自動車の所有者である場合を除き、その旨を当該自動車の所有者に通知するものとする。 art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15/par-2 A collector (meaning a collector under the Act on Recycling of End-of-Life Automobiles; the same applies in Article 100, paragraph (1), item (iii)) is to confirm that the dismantling report record has been made for a registered motor vehicle that it handles, based on the provisions of that Act, and upon so confirming, is to notify the owner of the motor vehicle to that effect, except where the collector itself is the owner of the motor vehicle. machine translation, not official **第三項** 登録自動車の所有者は、使用済自動車の解体に係る第一項の申請をするときは、同項の解体報告記録がなされた日及び車台番号その他の当該解体報告記録が当該自動車に係るものであることを特定するために必要な事項として国土交通省令で定める事項を明らかにしなければならない。 art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15/par-3 When filing the application under paragraph (1) in connection with the dismantling of an end-of-life automobile, the owner of a registered motor vehicle must make clear the date on which the dismantling report record referred to in that paragraph was made, the chassis number, and any other particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as necessary to identify that the dismantling report record relates to the motor vehicle. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第一項の場合において、登録自動車の所有者が永久抹消登録の申請をしないときは、国土交通大臣は、その定める七日以上の期間内において、これをなすべきことを催告しなければならない。 art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15/par-4 In the case referred to in paragraph (1), if the owner of a registered motor vehicle does not file an application for permanent cancellation of registration, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must, within a period of seven days or more that the Minister specifies, demand that the owner do so. machine translation, not official **第五項** 国土交通大臣は、前項の催告をした場合において、登録自動車の所有者が正当な理由がないのに永久抹消登録の申請をしないときは、永久抹消登録をし、その旨を所有者に通知しなければならない。 art-15/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15/par-5 Where the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has made the demand under the preceding paragraph and the owner of the registered motor vehicle still does not file an application for permanent cancellation of registration without a justifiable reason, the Minister must carry out permanent cancellation of registration and notify the owner to that effect. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-15/par-2: 第百条第一項第三号 → 道路運送車両法 第百条第一項第三号 (Article 100, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-100/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-100/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-100/par-1/item-3 - art-15/par-3: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15/par-1 - art-15/par-4: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15/par-1 - art-15/par-5: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第十五条第四項 (Article 15, paragraph (4)), art-15/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15/par-4 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第十五条第三項（永久抹消登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15/par-3 - 道路運送車両法 第十五条第四項（永久抹消登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15/par-4 - 道路運送車両法 第十五条第五項（永久抹消登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15/par-5 - 道路運送車両法 第十六条第一項（一時抹消登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-1 - 道路運送車両法 第十六条第三項（一時抹消登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-3 - 道路運送車両法 第二十条第一項第二号（自動車登録番号標の廃棄等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-20/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-20/par-1/item-2 - 道路運送車両法 第二十条第一項第三号（自動車登録番号標の廃棄等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-20/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-20/par-1/item-3 - 道路運送車両法 第六十九条の二第二項（解体等又は輸出に係る届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-69-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-69-2/par-2 - 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 - 道路運送車両法 附則第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/suppl-3291-97/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/suppl-3291-97/par-6 --- ## 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