---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 48.20"
title: "14"
number: "48.20"
heading: "Eligibility for registration."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/48.20"
---

# §48.20. Eligibility for registration.


A small unmanned aircraft may be registered under [49 U.S.C. 44103](/usc/49/44103.md) and under this part only when the aircraft is not registered under the laws of a foreign country and is—

- (a) Owned by a U.S. citizen;
- (b) Owned by an individual citizen of a foreign country lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States;
- (c) Owned by a corporation not a citizen of the United States when the corporation is organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or a State within the United States, and the aircraft is based and primarily used in the United States; or
- (d) **An aircraft of—**
  - (1) The United States Government; or
  - (2) A State, the District of Columbia, a territory or possession of the United States, or a political subdivision of a State, territory, or possession.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40101, 40103, 40113-40114, 41703, 44101-44103, 44105-44106, 44110-44113, 44809(f), 45302, 45305, 46104, 46301, 46306.

### Source

Source: Doc. No. FAA-2015-7396; Amdt. No. 48-1; 80 FR 78645, Dec. 16, 2015, unless otherwise noted.