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§ 47.3 

47.7

United States citizens and resident 

aliens. 

47.8

Voting trusts. 

47.9

Corporations not U.S. citizens. 

47.11

Evidence of ownership. 

47.13

Signatures and instruments made by 

representatives. 

47.15

Registration number. 

47.16

Temporary registration numbers. 

47.17

Fees. 

47.19

Registry. 

Subpart B—Certificates of Aircraft 

Registration 

47.31

Application. 

47.33

Aircraft not previously registered any-

where. 

47.35

Aircraft last previously registered in 

the United States. 

47.37

Aircraft last previously registered in a 

foreign country. 

47.39

Effective date of registration. 

47.40

Registration expiration and renewal. 

47.41

Duration and return of Certificate. 

47.43

Invalid registration. 

47.45

Change of address. 

47.47

Cancellation of Certificate for export 

purpose. 

47.49

Replacement of Certificate. 

47.51

[Reserved] 

Subpart C—Dealers’ Aircraft Registration 

Certificate 

47.61

Dealer’s Aircraft Registration Certifi-

cates. 

47.63

Application. 

47.65

Eligibility. 

47.67

Evidence of ownership. 

47.69

Limitations. 

47.71

Duration of Certificate; change of sta-

tus. 

A

UTHORITY

: 4 U.S.T. 1830; Public Law 108– 

297, 118 Stat. 1095 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note, 49 
U.S.C. 44101 note); 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 
40113–40114, 44101–44108, 44110–44113, 44703– 
44704, 44713, 45302, 45305, 46104, 46301. 

S

OURCE

: Docket No. 7190, 31 FR 4495, Mar. 

17, 1966, unless otherwise noted. 

E

DITORIAL

N

OTE

: Nomenclature changes to 

part 47 appear at 75 FR 41979, July 20, 2010. 

Subpart A—General 

§ 47.1

Applicability. 

This part prescribes the requirements 

for registering aircraft under 49 U.S.C. 
44101–44104. Subpart B applies to each 
applicant for, and holder of, a Certifi-
cate of Aircraft Registration, AC 
Form8050–3. Subpart C applies to each 
applicant for, and holder of, a Dealer’s 

Aircraft Registration Certificate, AC 
Form 8050–6. 

[Amdt. 47–29, 75 FR 41979, July 20, 2010] 

§ 47.2

Definitions. 

The following are definitions of 

terms used in this part: 

Citizen of the United States or U.S. cit-

izen 

means one of the following: 

(1) An individual who is a citizen of 

the United States or one of its posses-
sions. 

(2) A partnership each of whose part-

ners is an individual who is a citizen of 
the United States. 

(3) A corporation or association orga-

nized under the laws of the United 
States or a State, the District of Co-
lumbia, or a territory or possession of 
the United States, of which the presi-
dent and at least two-thirds of the 
board of directors and other managing 
officers are citizens of the United 
States, which is under the actual con-
trol of citizens of the United States, 
and in which at least 75 percent of the 
voting interest is owned or controlled 
by persons that are citizens of the 
United States. 

Registry 

means the FAA, Civil Avia-

tion Registry, Aircraft Registration 
Branch. 

Resident alien 

means an individual 

citizen of a foreign country lawfully 
admitted for permanent residence in 
the United States as an immigrant in 
conformity with the regulations of the 
Department of Homeland Security (8 
CFR Chapter 1). 

[Doc. No. FAA–2015–7396; Amdt. 47–30, 80 FR 
78645, Dec. 16, 2015] 

§ 47.3

Registration required. 

(a) An aircraft may be registered 

under 49 U.S.C. 44103 only when the air-
craft 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 cit-

izen of the United States when the cor-
poration is organized and doing busi-
ness under the laws of the United 
States or a State within the United 

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