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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–14 Edition) 

§ 47.5 

(c) Governmental units are those 

named in paragraph (a) of this section 
and Puerto Rico. 

[Doc. No. 7190, 31 FR 4495, Mar. 17, 1966, as 
amended by 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] 

§ 47.5

Applicants. 

(a) A person who wishes to register 

an aircraft in the United States must 
submit an Aircraft Registration Appli-
cation, AC Form 8050–1 under this part. 

(b) An aircraft may be registered 

only by and in the legal name of its 
owner. 

(c) 49 U.S.C. 44103(c), provides that 

registration is not evidence of owner-
ship of aircraft in any proceeding in 
which ownership by a particular person 
is in issue. The FAA does not issue any 
certificate of ownership or endorse any 
information with respect to ownership 
on a Certificate of Aircraft Registra-
tion, AC Form 8050–3. The FAA issues a 
Certificate of Aircraft Registration, AC 
Form 8050–3 to the person who appears 
to be the owner on the basis of the evi-
dence of ownership submitted pursuant 
to § 47.11 with the Aircraft Registration 
Application, or recorded at the Reg-
istry. 

(d) In this part, ‘‘owner’’ includes a 

buyer in possession, a bailee, or a les-
see of an aircraft under a contract of 
conditional sale, and the assignee of 
that person. 

[Amdt. 47–20, 44 FR 61939, Oct. 29, 1979, as 
amended by Amdt. 47–27, 70 FR 244, Jan. 3, 
2005; Amdt. 47–29, 75 FR 41979, July 20, 2010] 

§ 47.7

United States citizens and resi-

dent aliens. 

(a) 

U.S. citizens. An applicant for air-

craft registration under this part who 
is a U.S. citizen must certify to this in 
the Aircraft Registration Application, 
AC Form 8050–1. 

(b) 

Resident aliens. An applicant for 

aircraft registration under 49 U.S.C. 
44102 who is a resident alien must fur-
nish a representation of permanent res-
idence and the applicant’s alien reg-
istration number issued by the Immi-
gration and Naturalization Service. 

(c) 

Trustees.  An applicant for aircraft 

registration under 49 U.S.C. 44102 that 
holds legal title to an aircraft in trust 

must comply with the following re-
quirements: 

(1) Each trustee must be either a U.S. 

citizen or a resident alien. 

(2) The applicant must submit with 

the Aircraft Registration Application— 

(i) A copy of each document legally 

affecting a relationship under the 
trust; 

(ii) If each beneficiary under the 

trust, including each person whose se-
curity interest in the aircraft is incor-
porated in the trust, is either a U.S. 
citizen or a resident alien, an affidavit 
by the applicant to that effect; and 

(iii) If any beneficiary under the 

trust, including any person whose secu-
rity interest in the aircraft is incor-
porated in the trust, is not a U.S. cit-
izen or resident alien, an affidavit from 
each trustee stating that the trustee is 
not aware of any reason, situation, or 
relationship (involving beneficiaries or 
other persons who are not U.S. citizens 
or resident aliens) as a result of which 
those persons together would have 
more than 25 percent of the aggregate 
power to influence or limit the exercise 
of the trustee’s authority. 

(3) If persons who are neither U.S. 

citizens nor resident aliens have the 
power to direct or remove a trustee, ei-
ther directly or indirectly through the 
control of another person, the trust in-
strument must provide that those per-
sons together may not have more than 
25 percent of the aggregate power to di-
rect or remove a trustee. Nothing in 
this paragraph prevents those persons 
from having more than 25 percent of 
the beneficial interest in the trust. 

(d) 

Partnerships.  A partnership may 

apply for a Certificate of Aircraft Reg-
istration, AC Form 8050–3, under 49 
U.S.C. 44102 only if each partner, 
whether a general or limited partner, is 
an individual who is a citizen of the 
United States. Nothing in this section 
makes ineligible for registration an 
aircraft which is not owned as a part-
nership asset but is co-owned by— 

(1) Resident aliens; or 
(2) One or more resident aliens and 

one or more U.S. citizens. 

[Amdt. 47–20, 44 FR 61939, Oct. 29, 1979, as 
amended by Amdt. 47–27, 70 FR 244, Jan. 3, 
2005; Amdt. 47–29, 75 FR 41980, July 20, 2010] 

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