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[CITE: 49USC44101]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                           subpart iii--safety
 
          CHAPTER 441--REGISTRATION AND RECORDATION OF AIRCRAFT
 
Sec. 44101. Operation of aircraft

    (a) Registration Requirement.--Except as provided in subsection (b) 
of this section, a person may operate an aircraft only when the aircraft 
is registered under section 44103 of this title.
    (b) Exceptions.--A person may operate an aircraft in the United 
States that is not registered--
        (1) when authorized under section 40103(d) or 41703 of this 
    title;
        (2) when it is an aircraft of the national defense forces of the 
    United States and is identified in a way satisfactory to the 
    Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration; and
        (3) for a reasonable period of time after a transfer of 
    ownership, under regulations prescribed by the Administrator.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1161.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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44101(a)..............................  49 App.:1401(a) (1st sentence    Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, Sec.
                                         words before proviso less        501(a
), 72 Stat. 771.
                                         words between parentheses).
44101(b)..............................  49 App.:1401(a) (1st sentence
                                         words between parentheses,
                                         proviso, last sentence).
                                        49 App.:1655(c)(1).              Oct. 1
5, 1966, Pub. L. 89-670, Sec.
                                                                          6(c)(
1), 80 Stat. 938; Jan. 12, 1983,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 97-449, Sec.  7(b), 96 Stat.
                                                                          2444.
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    In this section, the word ``navigate'' is omitted as being included 
in the definition of ``operate aircraft'' in section 40102(a) of the 
revised title.
    In subsection (a), the words ``Except as provided in subsection (b) 
of this section'' are added for clarity. The words ``a person may . . . 
an aircraft only when the aircraft is registered under section 44103 of 
this title'' are substituted for ``It shall be unlawful . . . any 
aircraft eligible for registration if such aircraft is not registered by 
its owner as provided in this section, or . . . any aircraft not 
eligible for registration'' for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary 
words.
    In subsection (b), before clause (1), the words ``A person may 
operate an aircraft in the United States that is not registered'' are 
substituted for ``may be operated and navigated without being so 
registered'' and ``may . . . permit the operation and navigation of 
aircraft without registration'' for clarity. In clause (2), the words 
``identified in a way'' are substituted for ``identified, by the agency 
having jurisdiction over them, in a manner'' to eliminate unnecessary 
words.
