[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR47.11]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 47--AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 47.11  Evidence of ownership.

    Except as provided in Secs. 47.33 and 47.35, each person that 
submits an Application for Aircraft Registration under this part must 
also submit the required evidence of ownership, recordable under 
Secs. 49.13 and 49.17 of this chapter, as follows:
    (a) The buyer in possession, the bailee, or the lessee of an 
aircraft under a contract of conditional sale must submit the contract. 
The assignee under a

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contract of conditional sale must submit both the contract (unless it is 
already recorded at the FAA Aircraft Registry), and his assignment from 
the original buyer, bailee, lessee, or prior assignee.
    (b) The repossessor of an aircraft must submit--
    (1) A certificate of repossession on FAA Form 8050-4, or its 
equivalent, signed by the applicant and stating that the aircraft was 
repossessed or otherwise seized under the security agreement involved 
and applicable local law;
    (2) The security agreement (unless it is already recorded at the FAA 
Aircraft Registry), or a copy thereof certified as true under Sec. 49.21 
of this chapter; and
    (3) When repossession was through foreclosure proceedings resulting 
in sale, a bill of sale signed by the sheriff, auctioneer, or other 
authorized person who conducted the sale, and stating that the sale was 
made under applicable local law.
    (c) The buyer of an aircraft at a judicial sale, or at a sale to 
satisfy a lien or charge, must submit a bill of sale signed by the 
sheriff, auctioneer, or other authorized person who conducted the sale, 
and stating that the sale was made under applicable local law.
    (d) The owner of an aircraft, the title to which has been in 
controversy and has been determined by a court, must submit a certified 
copy of the decision of the court.
    (e) The executor or administrator of the estate of the deceased 
former owner of an aircraft must submit a certified copy of the letters 
testimentary or letters of administration appointing him executor or 
administrator. The Certificate of Aircraft Registration is issued to the 
applicant as executor or administrator.
    (f) The buyer of an aircraft from the estate of a deceased former 
owner must submit both a bill of sale, signed for the estate by the 
executor or administrator, and a certified copy of the letters 
testimentary or letters of administration. When no executor or 
administrator 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 affidavit of the heir-at-law stating that no application 
for appointment of an executor 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 dispose 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 Registration is 
issued to the applicant as guardian.
    (h) The trustee of property that includes an aircraft, as described 
in Sec. 47.7(c), must submit either a certified copy of the order of the 
court appointing 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 application. The Certificate 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]