[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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 Sec. Sec. 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 

Sec. Sec. 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 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.



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    (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]