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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 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; 

or 

(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. 

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875 

Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 47.15 

registration number that is already as-
signed to the aircraft on the Aircraft 
Registration Application, and the sup-
porting evidence. If there is no number 
assigned, the applicant must obtain a 
U.S. registration number from the Reg-
istry by making a written request that 
describes the aircraft by make, model, 
and serial number. 

(3) 

Aircraft last previously registered in 

a foreign country. Whether or not the 
foreign registration has ended, the ap-
plicant must obtain a U.S. registration 
number from the Registry for an air-
craft last previously registered in a for-
eign country, by request in writing de-
scribing the aircraft by make, model, 
and serial number, accompanied by— 

(i) Evidence of termination of foreign 

registration in accordance with 
§ 47.37(b) or the applicant’s affidavit 
showing that foreign registration has 
ended; or 

(ii) If foreign registration has not 

ended, the applicant’s affidavit stating 
that the number will not be placed on 
the aircraft until foreign registration 
has ended. 

(4) 

Duration of a U.S. registration num-

ber assignment. Authority to use the 
registration number obtained under 
paragraph (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this sec-
tion expires 90 days after the date it is 
issued unless the applicant submits an 
Aircraft Registration Application and 
complies with § 47.33 or § 47.37, as appli-
cable, within that period of time. How-
ever, the applicant may obtain an ex-
tension of this 90-day period from the 
Registry if the applicant shows that 
the delay in complying with that sec-
tion is due to circumstances beyond 
the applicant’s control. 

(b) A U.S. registration number may 

not exceed five symbols in addition to 
the prefix letter ‘‘N’’. These symbols 
may be all numbers (N10000), one to 
four numbers and one suffix letter (N 
1000A), or one to three numbers and 
two suffix letters (N 100AB). The let-
ters ‘‘I’’ and ‘‘O’’ may not be used. The 
first zero in a number must always be 
preceded by at least one of the numbers 
1 through 9. 

(c) An aircraft manufacturer may 

apply to the Registry for enough U.S. 
registration numbers to supply esti-
mated production for the next 18 

months. There is no charge for this al-
location of numbers. 

(d) Any available, unassigned U.S. 

registration number may be assigned 
as a special registration number. An 
applicant who wants a special registra-
tion number or wants to change the 
registration number of his aircraft may 
apply for it to the Registry. The fee re-
quired by § 47.17 must accompany the 
application. 

(e) [Reserved] 
(f) The Registry authorizes a special 

registration number change on the As-
signment of Special Registration Num-
bers, AC Form 8050–64. The authoriza-
tion expires one year from the date the 
Registry issues an Assignment of Spe-
cial Registration Numbers unless the 
special registration number is perma-
nently placed on the aircraft. Within 
five days after the special registration 
number is placed on the aircraft, the 
owner must complete and sign the As-
signment of Special Registration Num-
bers, state the date the number was 
placed on the aircraft, and return the 
original form to the Registry. The du-
plicate of the Assignment of Special 
Registration Numbers and the present 
Certificate of Aircraft Registration, AC 
Form 8050–3, must be carried in the air-
craft as temporary authority to oper-
ate it. This temporary authority is 
valid until the date the owner receives 
the revised Certificate of Aircraft Reg-
istration showing the new registration 
number, but in no case is it valid for 
more than 120 days from the date the 
number is placed on the aircraft. 

(g) [Reserved] 
(h) A special registration number 

may be reserved for no more than 1 
year. If a person wishes to renew his 
reservation from year to year, he must 
apply to the Registry for renewal and 
submit the fee required by § 47.17 for a 
special registration number. 

(i) When aircraft registration has 

ended, as described in § 47.41(a), the as-
signment of a registration number to 
an aircraft is no longer authorized for 
use except as provided in § 47.31(c) and 
will be cancelled: 

(1) Following the expiration date 

shown on the Certificate of Aircraft 
Registration for any aircraft whose 
registration has not been renewed 
under § 47.40(c); 

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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 47.16 

(2) Following the expiration date 

shown on the Dealer’s Aircraft Reg-
istration Certificate, AC Form 8050–6, 
for any aircraft registered under Sub-
part C of this part, when the certificate 
has not been renewed, and the owner 
has not applied for registration in ac-
cordance with § 47.31; or 

(3) When ownership has transferred— 
(i) Six months after first receipt of 

notice of aircraft sale or evidence of 
ownership from the last registered 
owner or successive owners, and an 
Aircraft Registration Application has 
not been received. 

(ii) Six months after evidence of own-

ership authorized under § 47.67 has been 
submitted, and the applicant has not 
met the requirements of this part. 

(iii) Twelve months after a new 

owner has submitted evidence of own-
ership and an Aircraft Registration Ap-
plication under § 47.31, and the appli-
cant or a successive applicant has not 
met the requirements of this part. 

(j) At the time an assignment of reg-

istration number is cancelled, the num-
ber may be reserved for one year in the 
name of the last owner of record if a re-
quest has been submitted with the fee 
required by § 47.17. If the request for 
reservation and fee are not submitted 
prior to cancellation, the registration 
number is unavailable for assignment 
for a period of five years. 

[Doc. No. 7190, 31 FR 4495, Mar. 17, 1966, as 
amended by Amdt. 47–1, 31 FR 13314, Oct. 14, 
1966; Amdt. 47–5, 32 FR 13505, Sept. 27, 1967; 
Amdt. 47–7, 34 FR 2480, Feb. 21, 1969; Amdt. 
47–13, 36 FR 16187, Aug. 20, 1971; Amdt. 47–15, 
37 FR 21528, Oct. 12, 1972; Amdt. 47–16, 37 FR 
25487, Dec. 1, 1972; Amdt. 47–17, 39 FR 1353, 
Jan. 8, 1974; Amdt. 47–22, 47 FR 12153, Mar. 22, 
1982; Amdt. 47–29, 75 FR 41980, July 20, 2010; 
Amdt. No. 47–33, 87 FR 71217, Nov. 22, 2022] 

§ 47.16

Temporary registration num-

bers. 

(a) Temporary registration numbers 

are issued by the FAA to manufactur-
ers, distributors, and dealers who are 
holders of Dealer’s Aircraft Registra-
tion Certificates, AC Form 8050–6, for 
temporary display on aircraft during 
flight allowed under Subpart C of this 
part. 

(b) The holder of a Dealer’s Aircraft 

Registration Certificate may apply to 
the Registry for as many temporary 
registration numbers as are necessary 

for his business. The application must 
be in writing and include— 

(1) Sufficient information to justify 

the need for the temporary registration 
numbers requested; and 

(2) The number of each Dealer’s Air-

craft Registration Certificate held by 
the applicant. 

There is no charge for these numbers. 

(c) The use of temporary registration 

numbers is subject to the following 
conditions: 

(1) The numbers may be used and re-

used— 

(i) Only in connection with the hold-

er’s Dealer’s Aircraft Registration Cer-
tificate; 

(ii) Within the limitations of § 47.69 

where applicable, including the re-
quirements of § 47.67; and 

(iii) On aircraft not registered under 

Subpart B of this part or in a foreign 
country, and not displaying any other 
identification markings. 

(2) A temporary registration number 

may not be used on more than one air-
craft in flight at the same time. 

(3) Temporary registration numbers 

may not be used to fly aircraft into the 
United States for the purpose of impor-
tation. 

(d) The assignment of any temporary 

registration number to any person 
lapses upon the expiration of all of his 
Dealer’s Aircraft Registration Certifi-
cates. When a temporary registration 
number is used on a flight outside the 
United States for delivery purposes, 
the holder shall record the assignment 
of that number to the aircraft and 
shall keep that record for at least 1 
year after the removal of the number 
from that aircraft. Whenever the owner 
of an aircraft bearing a temporary reg-
istration number applies for an air-
worthiness certificate under Part 21 of 
this chapter he shall furnish that num-
ber in the application. The temporary 
registration number must be removed 
from the aircraft not later than the 
date on which either title or possession 
passes to another person. 

[Amdt. 47–4, 32 FR 12556, Aug. 30, 1967, as 
amended by Amdt. 47–29, 75 FR 41981, July 20, 
2010] 

§ 47.17

Fees. 

(a) The fees for applications under 

this part are as follows: 

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