[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: 14CFR47.13]



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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.

    (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



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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]



    Effective Date Note: At 70 FR 245, Jan. 3, 2005, Sec. 47.13 was 

amended by adding paragraph (d)(4), effective concurrent with the date 

the Cape Town Treaty enters into force with respect to the United 

States. For the convenience of the user, the added text is set forth as 

follows:



Sec. 47.13  Signatures and instruments made by representatives.



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    (d) * * *

    (4) The provisions of paragraph (d)(3) do not apply to an 

irrevocable deregistration and export request authorization when an 

irrevocable deregistration and export request authorization under the 

Cape Town Treaty is signed by a corporate officer and is filed with the 

FAA Aircraft Registry.



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