[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: 14CFR47.13]

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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. 47.13  Signatures and instruments made by representatives.

    (a) Each signature on an Application for Aircraft Registration, on a 
request for cancellation of a Certificate of Aircraft Registration or on 
a document submitted as supporting evidence under this part, must be in 
ink.
    (b) When one or more persons doing business under a trade name 
submits an Application for Aircraft Registration or a request for 
cancellation of a Certificate of Aircraft Registration, the application 
or request must be signed by, or in behalf of, each person who shares 
title to the aircraft.
    (c) When an agent submits an Application for Aircraft Registration 
or a request for cancellation of a Certificate of Aircraft Registration 
in behalf of the owner, he must--
    (1) State the name of the owner on the application or request;
    (2) Sign as agent or attorney-in-fact on the application or request; 
and
    (3) Submit a signed power of attorney, or a true copy thereof 
certified under Sec. 49.21 of this chapter, with the application or 
request.

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    (d) When a corporation submits an Application for Aircraft 
Registration or a request for cancellation of a Certificate of Aircraft 
Registration, it must--
    (1) Have an authorized person sign the application or request;
    (2) Show the title of the signer's office on the application or 
request; and
    (3) Submit a copy of the authorization from the board of directors 
to sign for the corporation, certified as true under Sec. 49.21 of this 
chapter by a corporate officer or other person in a managerial position 
therein, with the application or request, unless--
    (i) The signer of the application or request is a corporate officer 
or other person in a managerial position 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 FAA Aircraft 
Registry.
    (e) When a partnership submits an Application for Aircraft 
Registration or a request for cancellation of a Certificate of Aircraft 
Registration, it must--
    (1) State the full name of the partnership on the application or 
request;
    (2) State the name of each general partner on the application or 
request; and
    (3) Have a general partner sign the application or request.
    (f) When co-owners, who are not engaged in business as partners, 
submit an Application for Aircraft Registration or a request for 
cancellation of a Certificate of Aircraft Registration, each person who 
shares title to the aircraft under the arrangement must sign the 
application or request.
    (g) A power of attorney or other evidence 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 position 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]