Effective Date of Registration

In plain language

Your drone is not legally registered until you actually receive the Certificate of Aircraft Registration. The official start date of your registration is the issue date printed on that certificate.

Requirement as structured

An aircraft is officially registered when the applicant receives the Certificate of Aircraft Registration, and the effective date is the date of issue shown on the certificate.

Original regulatory text

An aircraft is registered when the applicant receives a Certificate of Aircraft Registration for the specific aircraft. The effective date of registration is shown by the date of issue on the Certificate of Aircraft Registration issued for the aircraft.

Applies when

country

United States

operation

any purpose other than exclusively limited recreational operations under 49 U.S.C. 44809

regulatory area

registration

aircraft category

small unmanned aircraft (under 55 lb)

regulatory category

General