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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 47.3
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; Pub. L. 108–297,
118 Stat. 1095 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note, 49 U.S.C.
44101 note); 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113–40114, 44101–
44108, 44110–44113, 44703–44704, 44713, 45302,
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:
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
Immigration and Naturalization Serv-
ice of the Department of Justice (8
CFR Chapter 1).
U.S. citizen means one of the fol-
lowing:
(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.
[Amdt. 47–20, 44 FR 61939, Oct. 29, 1979; Amdt.
47–27, 70 FR 244, Jan. 3, 2005; Amdt. 47–29, 75
FR 41979, July 20, 2010]
§ 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
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.
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