---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 49.53"
title: "14"
number: "49.53"
heading: "Eligibility for recording: general requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/49.53"
---

# §49.53. Eligibility for recording: general requirements.

- (a) A conveyance is eligible for recording under this subpart only if, in addition to the requirements of §§ [49.11](/cfr/14/49.11.md), [49.13](/cfr/14/49.13.md), and [49.17](/cfr/14/49.17.md), the following requirements are met:
  - (1) It affects any aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or spare part, maintained by or on behalf of an air carrier certificated under [49 U.S.C. 44705](/usc/49/44705.md);
  - (2) It contains or is accompanied by a statement by the air carrier certificated under that section;
  - (3) It specifically describes the location or locations of each aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or spare part covered by it; and
  - (4) It is accompanied by the recording fee required by [§ 49.15](/cfr/14/49.15.md), but there is no fee for recording a conveyance named in [§ 49.51(c)](/cfr/14/49.51.md?p=c).
- (b) The conveyance need only describe generally, by type, the engines, propellers, appliances, or spare parts covered by it.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Doc. No. 1996, 29 FR 6486, May 19, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 49-5, 35 FR 802, Jan. 21, 1970; Amdt. 49-10, 70 FR 246, Jan. 3, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 4 U.S.T. 1830; Pub. L. 108-297, 118 Stat. 1095 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note, 49 U.S.C. 44101 note); 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113-40114, 44101-44108, 44110-44113, 44701, 44704, 44713, 45302, 46104, 46301.

### Source

Source: Docket No. 1996, 29 FR 6486, May 19, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Doc. No. 1996, 29 FR 6486, May 19, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 49-5, 35 FR 802, Jan. 21, 1970; Amdt. 49-10, 70 FR 246, Jan. 3, 2005]