Remote ID requirements in United States

What the rules say

Each line is resolved from published facts of United States. "Not resolved" means the corpus does not answer it in a machine-checkable way — never that the law is silent.

• Remote identification requiredConditional
• Operation scopeConditional
• Built-in identificationConditional
• Broadcast identificationConditional
• Link to registrationConditional
• ExceptionsConditional

What changes the answer

The published rules distinguish the recreational category of operation.

• other

  Horizontal accuracy at or below 100 ft

• other

  Latency at or below 1 seconds

• other

  Vertical accuracy at or below 15 ft

• other

  Vertical accuracy at or below 150 ft

The rules behind this answer

• Binding lawNational rule

  Action Required Upon In-Flight Loss of Remote ID Broadcast

  The person manipulating the flight controls must land the unmanned aircraft as soon as practicable if the broadcast module stops transmitting the required message elements.

  Open the requirementOfficial source
• Binding lawNational rule

  ADS-B Out Remote Identification Prohibition

  Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipment must not be used to comply with remote identification requirements.

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• Binding lawNational rule

  Alternative Remote Identification via Broadcast Module

  A person may operate an unmanned aircraft that is not a standard remote identification unmanned aircraft if it is equipped with a remote identification broadcast module and meets specified operating, pre-flight, and registration requirements.

  Open the requirementOfficial source
• Binding lawNational rule

  Applicability of FRIA Establishment Procedures

  Subpart C of Part 89 prescribes the procedural requirements to establish an FAA-recognized identification area.

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• Binding lawNational rule

  Applicability of Remote Identification Message Elements and Performance Requirements

  Defines the scope of the subpart as prescribing the minimum message elements and performance requirements for standard remote identification unmanned aircraft and remote identification broadcast modules.

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• Binding lawNational rule

  Applicability of Subpart E (Means of Compliance)

  Subpart E of Part 89 applies to the requirements, procedural submission, and acceptance of means of compliance for standard remote identification unmanned aircraft or broadcast modules, and the rules governing persons submitting them.

  Open the requirementOfficial source
• Binding lawNational rule

  Applicability to Foreign Civil Unmanned Aircraft

  The remote identification requirements of this subpart apply to persons operating foreign civil unmanned aircraft in the United States.

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• Binding lawNational rule

  Applicability to Registered Unmanned Aircraft

  The remote identification requirements of this subpart apply to persons operating unmanned aircraft registered or required to be registered under part 47 or 48.

  Open the requirementOfficial source

Official sources

• 14 CFR Part 48 - Registration and Marking Requirements for Small Unmanned Aircraft — Federal Aviation AdministrationOpen

Known limitations

• 3 dimension(s) of this topic are not expressed in a machine-resolvable way by the published corpus and are reported UNKNOWN, never FALSE.

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