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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 47.2 

States, a corporation (other than a cor-
poration which is a citizen of the 
United States) lawfully organized and 
doing business under the laws of the 
United States or any State thereof. 

[Amdt. 45–11, 44 FR 61938, Oct. 29, 1979] 

PART 47—AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION 

Subpart A—General 

Sec. 
47.1

Applicability. 

47.2

Definitions. 

47.3

Registration required. 

47.5

Applicants. 

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. 

47.14

Serial numbers for unmanned aircraft. 

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; Pub. L. 115–254, 

Pub. L. 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, 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] 

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