Carriage and Production of Confirmation of Identification
Verified from official sources14 CFR § 89.130Version 1Effective -Verified 22 August 2026
In plain language
You must obtain the Confirmation of Identification from the FAA, keep a copy of it at your drone's control station while flying, and show it if an FAA official or police officer asks to see it.
Requirement as structured
Operators of foreign registered civil unmanned aircraft must obtain a Confirmation of Identification, keep it at the control station, and present it upon request to the FAA or law enforcement.
Original regulatory text
No person may operate a foreign registered civil unmanned aircraft with remote identification in the United States unless the person obtains a Confirmation of Identification under paragraph (b)(1) of this section, maintains such Confirmation of Identification at the unmanned aircraft's control station, and produces the Confirmation of Identification when requested by the FAA or a law enforcement officer.
Applies when
- country
- United States
- operation
- Remote identification of unmanned aircraft
- regulatory area
- remote_id
- aircraft category
- unmanned aircraft required to be registered
- regulatory category
- General
- aircraft registration
- foreign
- remote identification equipped
- true