---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 61.27"
title: "14"
number: "61.27"
heading: "Voluntary surrender or exchange of certificate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/61.27"
---

# §61.27. Voluntary surrender or exchange of certificate.

- (a) The holder of a certificate issued under this part may voluntarily surrender it for:
  - (1) Cancellation;
  - (2) Issuance of a lower grade certificate; or
  - (3) **Another certificate with specific ratings deleted.**
- (b) Any request made under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must include the following signed statement or its equivalent: “This request is made for my own reasons, with full knowledge that my (insert name of certificate or rating, as appropriate) may not be reissued to me unless I again pass the tests prescribed for its issuance.”

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44703, 44707, 44709-44711, 44729, 44903, 45102-45103, 45301-45302.

### Source

Source: Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted.