# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第二十条 (Article 20) - 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: 第二十条 (Article 20)（自動車登録番号標の廃棄等） — address `art-20` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-20 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-20 - 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. --- ### 第二十条（自動車登録番号標の廃棄等） — Disposal of Motor Vehicle Registration Number Plates, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-20 **第一項** 登録自動車の所有者は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、遅滞なく、当該自動車登録番号標及び封印を取り外し、国土交通省令で定める方法により、これを破壊し、若しくは廃棄し、又は国土交通大臣若しくは第二十五条の自動車登録番号標交付代行者に返納しなければならない。 art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-20/par-1 Without delay in any of the following cases, the owner of a registered motor vehicle must remove the motor vehicle registration number plate and seal, and destroy or dispose of them by the method specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, or return them to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or a motor vehicle registration number plate issuing agent under Article 25: machine translation, not official **一** 第十四条第二項において準用する第十条の規定により自動車登録番号の通知を受けたとき。 art-20/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-20/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-20/par-1/item-1 when the owner has been notified of the motor vehicle registration number pursuant to Article 10 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 14, paragraph (2); machine translation, not official **二** 第十五条第一項の申請に基づく永久抹消登録、第十五条の二第一項の申請に基づく輸出抹消仮登録又は第十六条第一項の申請に基づく一時抹消登録を受けたとき。 art-20/par-1/item-2 · 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 when the owner has received permanent cancellation of registration on the basis of an application under Article 15, paragraph (1), provisional cancellation of registration for export on the basis of an application under Article 15-2, paragraph (1), or temporary cancellation of registration on the basis of an application under Article 16, paragraph (1); or machine translation, not official **三** 第十五条第五項の規定により永久抹消登録のあつた旨の通知を受けたとき。 art-20/par-1/item-3 · 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 when the owner has been notified, pursuant to Article 15, paragraph (5), that permanent cancellation of registration has been carried out. machine translation, not official **第二項** 登録自動車の所有者は、当該自動車の使用者が第六十九条第二項の規定により自動車検査証を返納したときは、遅滞なく、当該自動車登録番号標及び封印を取りはずし、自動車登録番号標について国土交通大臣の領置を受けなければならない。 art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-20/par-2 When the user of a registered motor vehicle has surrendered the motor vehicle inspection certificate pursuant to Article 69, paragraph (2), the owner of the registered motor vehicle must, without delay, remove the motor vehicle registration number plate and the seal from that motor vehicle and have the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism retain the motor vehicle registration number plate. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の自動車の使用者が第六十九条第三項の規定により自動車検査証の返付を受けたときは、国土交通大臣は、遅滞なく、領置をした自動車登録番号標を返付しなければならない。 art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-20/par-3 When the user of the motor vehicle referred to in the preceding paragraph has had the motor vehicle inspection certificate returned pursuant to Article 69, paragraph (3), the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must, without delay, return the retained motor vehicle registration number plate. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前項の自動車登録番号標の返付を受けた者は、国土交通省令で定めるところにより当該自動車登録番号標を当該自動車に取り付け、国土交通大臣の行う封印の取付けを受けなければならない。 art-20/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-20/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-20/par-4 A person to whom the motor vehicle registration number plate has been returned under the preceding paragraph must, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, attach that motor vehicle registration number plate to that motor vehicle and have the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism affix a seal. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-20/par-1: 第二十五条 → 道路運送車両法 第二十五条 (Article 25), art-25 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-25 - art-20/par-1/item-1: 第十四条第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第十四条第二項 (Article 14, paragraph (2)), art-14/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-14/par-2 - art-20/par-1/item-1: 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 - art-20/par-1/item-2: 第十五条第一項 → 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-20/par-1/item-2: 第十五条の二第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第十五条の二第一項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (1)), art-15-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-15-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-15-2/par-1 - art-20/par-1/item-2: 第十六条第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-16/par-1 - art-20/par-1/item-3: 第十五条第五項 → 道路運送車両法 第十五条第五項 (Article 15, paragraph (5)), 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 - art-20/par-2: 第六十九条第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十九条第二項 (Article 69, paragraph (2)), art-69/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-69/par-2 - art-20/par-3: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-20/par-2 - art-20/par-3: 第六十九条第三項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十九条第三項 (Article 69, paragraph (3)), art-69/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-69/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-69/par-3 - art-20/par-4: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第二十条第三項 (Article 20, paragraph (3)), art-20/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-20/par-3 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路運送車両法 第二十条第三項（自動車登録番号標の廃棄等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-20/par-3 - 道路運送車両法 第二十条第四項（自動車登録番号標の廃棄等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-20/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-20/par-4 - 道路運送車両法 第百八条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-108/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-108/par-1/item-1 - 道路運送車両法 第百九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-109/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-109/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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-20261013T120733-004, translated 2026-10-13 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-transport-vehicle-act-20261013T120733-005, 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