---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 48.205"
title: "14"
number: "48.205"
heading: "Display and location of unique identifier."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/48.205"
---

# §48.205. Display and location of unique identifier.

- (a) The unique identifier must be maintained in a condition that is legible.
- (b) The unique identifier must be affixed to the small unmanned aircraft by any means necessary to ensure that it will remain affixed for the duration of each operation.
- (c) The unique identifier must be legibly displayed on an external surface of the small unmanned aircraft.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Doc. No. FAA-2015-7396; Amdt. No. 48-1; 80 FR 78645, Dec. 16, 2015, as amended by Doc. No. FAA-2018-1084, 84 FR 3673, Feb. 13, 2019]

### 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.

### Amendments

[Doc. No. FAA-2015-7396; Amdt. No. 48-1; 80 FR 78645, Dec. 16, 2015, as amended by Doc. No. FAA-2018-1084, 84 FR 3673, Feb. 13, 2019]