# 道路運送車両法 / Road Transport Vehicle Act — 第六十七条 (Article 67)

- 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: 第六十七条 (Article 67)（自動車検査証記録事項の変更及び構造等変更検査） — address `art-67`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-67
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-67
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### 第六十七条（自動車検査証記録事項の変更及び構造等変更検査） — Change in the Particulars Recorded on the Motor Vehicle Inspection Certificate and Inspection for Change of Structure, etc.
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-67</sup>

**第一項**  自動車の使用者は、自動車検査証記録事項について変更があつたときは、その事由があつた日から十五日以内に、当該変更について、国土交通大臣が行う自動車検査証の変更記録を受けなければならない。ただし、その効力を失つている自動車検査証については、これに変更記録を受けるべき時期は、当該自動車を使用しようとする時とすることができる。
<sup>art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-67/par-1</sup>
When there has been a change in the particulars recorded on the motor vehicle inspection certificate, the user of the motor vehicle must, within 15 days from the day on which the ground for the change arose, have the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism make a record of change of the motor vehicle inspection certificate with respect to that change; provided, however, that, for a motor vehicle inspection certificate that has lost its effect, the time at which the record of change is to be made may be the time when the user intends to use that motor vehicle.
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**第二項**  前項の規定は、行政区画又は土地の名称の変更により、自動車の使用者若しくは所有者の住所又は自動車の使用の本拠の位置についての自動車検査証記録事項の変更があつた場合については、適用しない。
<sup>art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-67/par-2</sup>
The preceding paragraph does not apply in the case where there has been a change in the particulars recorded on the motor vehicle inspection certificate concerning the address of the user or owner of the motor vehicle or the location of the base of operations of the motor vehicle, owing to a change in an administrative division or in the name of a locality.
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**第三項**  国土交通大臣は、第一項の変更が国土交通省令で定める事由に該当する場合において、保安基準に適合しなくなるおそれがあると認めるときは、当該自動車が保安基準に適合するかどうかについて、これを提示して構造等変更検査を受けるべきことを命じなければならない。
<sup>art-67/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-67/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-67/par-3</sup>
When a change under paragraph (1) falls under grounds prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism finds that there is a risk that the motor vehicle will cease to conform to the safety standards, the Minister must order that the motor vehicle be presented and undergo an inspection for change of structure, etc. as to whether it conforms to the safety standards.
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**第四項**  第五十九条第三項及び第六十二条第二項の規定は、構造等変更検査について準用する。
<sup>art-67/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-67/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-67/par-4</sup>
Article 59, paragraph (3) and Article 62, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to an inspection for change of structure, etc.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-67/par-2: 前項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十七条第一項 (Article 67, paragraph (1)), art-67/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-67/par-1
- art-67/par-3: 第一項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十七条第一項 (Article 67, paragraph (1)), art-67/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-67/par-1
- art-67/par-4: 第五十九条第三項 → 道路運送車両法 第五十九条第三項 (Article 59, paragraph (3)), art-59/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-59/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-59/par-3
- art-67/par-4: 第六十二条第二項 → 道路運送車両法 第六十二条第二項 (Article 62, paragraph (2)), art-62/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-62/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-62/par-2

## Cited by

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- 道路運送車両法 第六十七条第三項（自動車検査証記録事項の変更及び構造等変更検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-transport-vehicle-act/art-67/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000185/art-67/par-3
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## 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-20261013T120733-015, 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
