Each of the local public entities establishes Regulation for the Protection of Cultural Properties, and designates those products that are important to the local public entities among the tangible cultural properties (excluding properties which are designated as important cultural property) in the form of 'a tangible cultural asset designated by xx prefecture', 'a tangible cultural asset designated by municipalities' and so on.
地方公共団体では、それぞれ文化財保護条例を定めて、有形文化財（重要文化財に指定されたものを除く）のうち、その地方公共団体にとって重要なものを「○○都道府県指定有形文化財」、「市町村指定有形文化財」などの形で指定している。