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[CITE: 49USC44103]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                           subpart iii--safety
 
          CHAPTER 441--REGISTRATION AND RECORDATION OF AIRCRAFT
 
Sec. 44103. Registration of aircraft

    (a) General.--(1) On application of the owner of an aircraft that 
meets the requirements of section 44102 of this title, the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall--
        (A) register the aircraft; and
        (B) issue a certificate of registration to its owner.

    (2) The Administrator may prescribe the extent to which an aircraft 
owned by the holder of a dealer's certificate of registration issued 
under section 44104(2) of this title also is registered under this 
section.
    (b) Controlled Substance Violations.--(1) The Administrator may not 
issue an owner's certificate of registration under subsection (a)(1) of 
this section to a person whose certificate is revoked under section 
44106 of this title during the 5-year period beginning on the date of 
the revocation, except--
        (A) as provided in section 44106(e)(2) of this title; or
        (B) that the Administrator may issue the certificate to the 
    person after the one-year period beginning on the date of the 
    revocation if the Administrator decides that the aircraft otherwise 
    meets the requirements of section 44102 of this title and that 
    denial of a certificate for the 5-year period--
            (i) would be excessive considering the nature of the offense 
        or the act committed and the burden the denial places on the 
        person; or
            (ii) would not be in the public interest.

    (2) A decision of the Administrator under paragraph (1)(B)(i) or 
(ii) of this subsection is within the discretion of the Administrator. 
That decision or failure to make a decision is not subject to 
administrative or judicial review.
    (c) Certificates as Evidence.--A certificate of registration issued 
under this section is--
        (1) conclusive evidence of the nationality of an aircraft for 
    international purposes, but not conclusive evidence in a proceeding 
    under the laws of the United States; and
        (2) not evidence of ownership of an aircraft in a proceeding in 
    which ownership is or may be in issue.

    (d) Certificates Available for Inspection.--An operator of an 
aircraft shall make available for inspection a certificate of 
registration for the aircraft when requested by a United States 
Government, State, or local law enforcement officer.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1162.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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44103(a)(1)...........................  49 App.:1401(c), (d).            Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, Secs.
                                                                          501(c
), (d), (f), 505 (2d sentence),
                                                                          72 St
at. 772, 774.
                                        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.
44103(a)(2)...........................  49 App.:1405 (2d sentence).
                                        49 App.:1655(c)(1).
44103(b)..............................  49 App.:1401(e)(2)(D), (E).      Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                                                          731, 
Sec.  501(e)(2)(D), (E); added
                                                                          Oct. 
19, 1984, Pub. L. 98-499, Sec.
                                                                          4(a),
 98 Stat. 2315.
44103(c)..............................  49 App.:1401(f).
44103(d)..............................  49 App.:1401(g).                 Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat.
                                                                          731, 
Sec.  501(g); added Oct. 27,
                                                                          1986,
 Pub. L. 99-570, Sec.
                                                                          3401(
a)(2), 100 Stat. 3207-99.
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    In subsection (a)(1), the words ``On application'' are substituted 
for ``upon request'', and the words ``meets the requirements of section 
44102 of this title'' are substituted for ``eligible for registration'', 
for consistency in this subchapter. The text of 49 App.:1401(d) is 
omitted as unnecessary because of 49:322(a).
    In subsection (b)(1)(B), before subclause (i), the words ``after the 
one-year period beginning on the date of the revocation'' are 
substituted for ``before the end of such five-year period (but not 
before the end of the one-year period beginning on the date of such 
revocation)'' for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words 
``otherwise meets the requirements of section 44102 of this title'' are 
substituted for ``is otherwise eligible for registration under this 
section'' because of the restatement. The words ``denial of a 
certificate'' are substituted for ``revocation of the certificate'' for 
clarity.
    In subsection (c), before clause (1), the words ``A certificate of 
registration'' are substituted for ``Registration'' for clarity. In 
clause (2), the words ``by a particular person'' are omitted as surplus.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 44101, 44102, 44105, 44106, 
44109, 44110, 46306 of this title; title 10 section 9512.
