Volume: 1Date: 2024-01-01Original Date: 2024-01-01Title: Section 47.3 - Registration required.Context:
Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space. CHAPTER I - FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. SUBCHAPTER C - AIRCRAFT. PART 47 - AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION. Subpart A - General.
Code of Federal Regulations /
Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space /
Vol. 1 / 2024-01-01870
§ 47.3Registration required.(a) An aircraft may be registered under 49 U.S.C. 44103 only when the aircraft is not registered under the laws of a foreign country and is—(1) Owned by a citizen of the United States;(2) Owned by an individual citizen of a foreign country lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States;(3) Owned by a corporation not a citizen of the United States when the corporation is organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or a State within the United States, and the aircraft is based and primarily used in the United States; or(4) An aircraft of—(i) The United States Government; or(ii) A State, the District of Columbia, a territory or possession of the United States, or a political subdivision of a State, territory, or possession.(b) No person may operate an aircraft that is eligible for registration under 49 U.S.C. 44101-44104, unless the aircraft—(1) Has been registered by its owner;(2) Is carrying aboard the temporary authorization required by § 47.31(c); or(3) Is an aircraft of the Armed Forces of the United States.(c) Governmental units are those named in paragraph (a) of this section and Puerto Rico.