相続不登記に罰則　所有者不明土地解消目指す―民法改正案など閣議決定

　政府は５日の閣議で、長年登記が変更されず放置されている「所有者不明土地」の解消に向け、民法や不動産登記法の改正案と新法の「相続土地国庫帰属法案」を決定した。相続登記を義務化し、違反者に行政罰である過料を科すことが柱。相続した土地が不要な場合、条件付きで国有地化を認める制度も創設する。
　国の調査によると、所有者不明土地は国土の約２割に上る。相続時に登記されないことが主な要因。登記簿を見ても現在の所有者が分からないため、公共事業や民間取引の障害となるなど社会問題化している。（2021/03/05-08:42）

The Japanese government at a cabinet meeting Friday adopted bills aimed at making land inheritance registrations mandatory and imposing administrative fines on violators in order to resolve the issue of land plots that have been unclaimed for a long period.
   The bills are for revising the Civil Code and the real estate registration act.
   The government also adopted a draft of a new law to enable making unnecessary inherited land into state ownership under certain conditions.
   According to a government survey, land plots whose owners are unknown make up about 20 pct of the national land, mainly because registrations were not made when land was inherited. The issue is becoming a serious problem in Japan, impeding public works projects and private-sector transactions.
   The revised laws would oblige successors to make land inheritance registrations within three years after they become aware of acquiring the plots and impose fines of up to 100,000 yen if they fail to do this without due reasons.