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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

§ 47.13

the estate by the executor or adminis-
trator, and a certified copy of the let-
ters testimentary or letters of adminis-
tration. When no executor or adminis-
trator has been or is to be appointed,
the applicant must submit both a bill
of sale, signed by the heir-at-law of the
deceased former owner, and an affi-
davit of the heir-at-law stating that no
application for appointment of an ex-
ecutor or administrator has been made,
that so far as he can determine none
will be made, and that he is the person
entitled to, or having the right to dis-
pose of, the aircraft under applicable
local law.

(g) The guardian of another person’s

property that includes an aircraft must
submit a certified copy of the order of
the court appointing him guardian.
The Certificate of Aircraft Registra-
tion is issued to the applicant as guard-
ian.

(h) The trustee of property that in-

cludes an aircraft, as described in
§ 47.7(c), must submit either a certified
copy of the order of the court appoint-
ing the trustee, or a complete and true
copy of the instrument creating the
trust. If there is more than one trustee,
each trustee must sign the Aircraft
Registration Application. The Certifi-
cate of Aircraft Registration is issued
to a single applicant as trustee, or to
several trustees jointly as co-trustees.

[Doc. No. 7190, 31 FR 4495, Mar. 17, 1966, as
amended by Amdt. 47–20, 44 FR 61940, Oct. 29,
1979; Amdt. 47–23, 53 FR 1915, Jan. 25, 1988;
Amdt. 47–29, 75 FR 41980, July 20, 2010]

§ 47.13

Signatures and instruments

made by representatives.

(a) Each person signing an Aircraft

Registration Application, AC Form
8050–1, or a document submitted as sup-
porting evidence under this part, must
sign in ink or by other means accept-
able to the FAA. If signed in ink, the
Aircraft Registration Application must
also have the typed or legibly printed
name of each signer in the signature
block.

(b) When one or more persons doing

business under a trade name submits
an Aircraft Registration Application, a
document submitted as supporting evi-
dence under this part, or a request for
cancellation of a Certificate of Aircraft
Registration, AC Form 8050–3, the ap-

plication, document, or request must
be signed by, or on behalf of, each per-
son who shares title to the aircraft.

craft Registration Application, a docu-
ment submitted as supporting evidence
under this part, or a request for can-
cellation of a Certificate of Aircraft
Registration, on behalf of the owner,
that agent must—

(1) State the name of the owner on

the application, document, or request;

(2) Sign as agent or attorney-in-fact

on the application, document, or re-
quest; and

(3) Submit a signed power of attor-

ney, or a true copy thereof certified
under § 49.21 of this chapter, with the
application, document, or request.

(d) When a corporation submits an

Aircraft Registration Application, a
document submitted as supporting evi-
dence under this part, or a request for
cancellation of a Certificate of Aircraft
Registration, it must—

(1) Have an authorized person sign,

by means acceptable to the FAA, the
application, document, or request;

(2) Show the title of the signer’s of-

fice on the application, document, or
request; and

(3) Submit a copy of the authoriza-

tion from the board of directors to sign
for the corporation, certified as true
under § 49.21 of this chapter by a cor-
porate officer or other person in a man-
agerial position therein, with the appli-
cation, document, or request, unless—

(i) The signer of the application, doc-

ument, or request is a corporate officer
or other person in a managerial posi-
tion in the corporation and the title of
his office is stated in connection with
his signature; or

(ii) A valid authorization to sign is

on file at the Registry.

(4) The provisions of paragraph (d)(3)

of this section do not apply to an irrev-
ocable deregistration and export re-
quest authorization when an irrev-
ocable deregistration and export re-
quest authorization under the Cape
Town Treaty is signed by a corporate
officer and is filed with the Registry.

(e) When a partnership submits an

Aircraft Registration Application, a
document submitted as supporting evi-
dence under this part, or a request for

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§ 47.14

cancellation of a Certificate of Aircraft
Registration, it must—

(1) State the full name of the part-

nership on the application, document,
or request;

(2) State the name of each general

partner on the application, document,
or request; and

(3) Have a general partner sign the

application, document, or request.

(f) When co-owners, who are not en-

gaged in business as partners, submit
an Aircraft Registration Application, a
document submitted as supporting evi-
dence under this part, or a request for
cancellation of a Certificate of Aircraft
Registration, each person who shares
title to the aircraft under the arrange-
ment must sign the application, docu-
ment, or request.

(g) A power of attorney or other evi-

dence of a person’s authority to sign
for another, submitted under this part,
is valid for the purposes of this section,
unless sooner revoked, until—

(1) Its expiration date stated therein;

(2) If an expiration date is not stated

therein, for not more than 3 years after
the date—

(i) It is signed; or
(ii) The grantor (a corporate officer

or other person in a managerial posi-
tion therein, where the grantor is a
corporation) certifies in writing that
the authority to sign shown by the
power of attorney or other evidence is
still in effect.

[Doc. No. 7190, 31 FR 4495, Mar. 17, 1966, as
amended by Amdt. 47–2, 31 FR 15349, Dec. 8,
1966; Amdt. 47–3, 32 FR 6554, Apr. 28, 1967;
Amdt. 47–12, 36 FR 8661, May 11, 1971; Amdt.
47–27, 70 FR 245, Jan. 3, 2005; Amdt. 47–29, 75
FR 41980, July 20, 2010]

§ 47.14

Serial numbers for unmanned

aircraft.

(a) The unmanned aircraft serial

number provided as part of any appli-
cation for aircraft registration of any
standard remote identification un-
manned aircraft must be the serial
number issued by the manufacturer of
the unmanned aircraft in accordance
with the design and production require-
ments of part 89 of this chapter. The
serial number provided in this applica-
tion must not be listed on more than

one Certificate of Aircraft Registration
at the same time.

(b) The unmanned aircraft serial

number provided as part of any appli-
cation for registration of any un-
manned aircraft with a remote identi-
fication broadcast module must be the
serial number issued by the manufac-
turer of the remote identification
broadcast module in accordance with
the design and production require-
ments of part 89 of this chapter. The
serial number provided in this applica-
tion must not be listed on more than
one Certificate of Aircraft Registration
at the same time.

[Docket No. FAA–2019–1100, Amdt. 47–31, 86
FR 4503, Jan. 15, 2021]

§ 47.15

Registration number.

(a)

Number required. An applicant for

aircraft registration must place a U.S.
registration number (registration
mark) on the Aircraft Registration Ap-
plication, AC Form 8050–1, and on any
evidence submitted with the applica-
tion. There is no charge for the assign-
ment of numbers provided in this para-
graph. This paragraph does not apply
to an aircraft manufacturer who ap-
plies for a group of U.S. registration
numbers under paragraph (c) of this
section; a person who applies for a spe-
cial registration number under para-
graphs (d) through (f) of this section; or
a holder of a Dealer’s Aircraft Reg-
istration Certificate, AC Form 8050–6,
who applies for a temporary registra-
tion number under § 47.16.

(1)

Aircraft not previously registered

anywhere. The applicant must obtain
the U.S. registration number from the
Registry by request in writing describ-
ing the aircraft by make, type, model,
and serial number (or, if it is amateur-
built, as provided in § 47.33(b)) and stat-
ing that the aircraft has not previously
been registered anywhere. If the air-
craft was brought into the United
States from a foreign country, the ap-
plicant must submit evidence that the
aircraft has never been registered in a
foreign country.

(2)

Aircraft last previously registered in

the United States. Unless the applicant
applies for a different number under
paragraphs (d) through (f) of this sec-
tion, the applicant must place the U.S.