---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 21.173"
title: "14"
number: "21.173"
heading: "Eligibility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/21.173"
---

# §21.173. Eligibility.


Any registered owner of a U.S.-registered aircraft (or the agent of the owner) may apply for an airworthiness certificate for that aircraft. An application for an airworthiness certificate must be made in a form and manner acceptable to the FAA, and may be submitted to any FAA office.


## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 21-26, 34 FR 15244, Sept. 30, 1969]

### Source

Source: Docket No. 5085, 29 FR 14569, Oct. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7572; 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40105, 40113, 44701-44702, 44704, 44707, 44709, 44711, 44713, 44715, 45303.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 21-26, 34 FR 15244, Sept. 30, 1969]
