[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: 14CFR47.5]



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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. 47.5  Applicants.



    (a) A person who wishes to register an aircraft in the United States 

must submit an Application for Aircraft Registration under this part.



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    (b) An aircraft may be registered only by and in the legal name of 

its owner.

    (c) Section 501(f) of the Act (49 U.S.C. 1401(f)), provides that 

registration is not evidence of ownership of aircraft in any proceeding 

in which ownership by a particular person is in issue. The FAA does not 

issue any certificate of ownership or endorse any information with 

respect to ownership on a Certificate of Aircraft Registration. The FAA 

issues a Certificate of Aircraft Registration to the person who appears 

to be the owner on the basis of the evidence of ownership submitted 

pursuant to Sec. 47.11 with the Application for Aircraft Registration, 

or recorded at the FAA Aircraft Registry.

    (d) In this part, ``owner'' includes a buyer in possession, a 

bailee, or a lessee of an aircraft under a contract of conditional sale, 

and the assignee of that person.



[Amdt. 47-20, 44 FR 61939, Oct. 29, 1979]



    Effective Date Note: At 70 FR 244, Jan. 3, 2005, Sec. 47.5 was 

amended by revising the first sentence of paragraph (c), 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 

revised text is set forth as follows:



Sec. 47.5  Applicants.



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    (c) 49 U.S.C. 44103(c), provides that registration is not evidence 

of ownership of aircraft in any proceeding in which ownership by a 

particular person is in issue. * * *



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