---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 402.3"
title: "14"
number: "402.3"
heading: "Falsification, reproduction, alteration, or omission."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/402.3"
---

# §402.3. Falsification, reproduction, alteration, or omission.

- (a) No person may make or cause to be made any fraudulent or intentionally false statement in:
  - (1) Any document in any format, submitted under any provision referenced in [§ 402.1](/cfr/14/402.1.md) of this part, consisting of or related to any acceptance, application, approval, authorization, permit, license, waiver, record, report, or similar; or
  - (2) Any document in any format that is kept, made, or used to show compliance with any requirement under the provisions referenced in [§ 402.1](/cfr/14/402.1.md).
- (b) No person may make or cause to be made any production, reproduction, or alteration, for fraudulent purpose, of:
  - (1) Any document in any format, submitted or granted under any provision referenced in [§ 402.1](/cfr/14/402.1.md), consisting of or related to any acceptance, application, approval, authorization, permit, license, waiver, record, report, or similar; or
  - (2) Any document in any format that is kept, made, or used to show compliance with any requirement under the provisions referenced in [§ 402.1](/cfr/14/402.1.md).
- (c) No person may knowingly omit or cause to be omitted a material fact in:
  - (1) Any document in any format, submitted under any provision referenced in [§ 402.1](/cfr/14/402.1.md), consisting of or related to any acceptance, application, approval, authorization, permit, license, waiver, record, report, or similar; or
  - (2) Any document in any format that is kept, made, or used to show compliance with any requirement under the provisions referenced in [§ 402.1](/cfr/14/402.1.md).
- (d) The commission by any person of an act prohibited under [paragraphs (a) through (c)](#a..c) of this section is a basis for:
  - (1) Denying, suspending, modifying, revoking, rescinding, removing, or withdrawing any acceptance, application, approval, authorization, permit, license, waiver, or similar, issued or granted by the Administrator and held by that person; or
  - (2) **A civil penalty.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 51 U.S.C. 50101-50923.

### Source

Source: Doc. No. FAA-2024-0021, Amdt. 402-1, 90 FR 42526, Sept. 3, 2025, unless otherwise noted.