---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 65.15"
title: "14"
number: "65.15"
heading: "Duration of certificates."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/65.15"
---

# §65.15. Duration of certificates.

- (a) Except for repairman certificates issued in accordance with [§ 65.101](/cfr/14/65.101.md), a certificate or rating issued under this part is effective until it is surrendered, suspended, or revoked.
- (b) Unless it is sooner surrendered, suspended, or revoked, a repairman certificate issued in accordance with [§ 65.101](/cfr/14/65.101.md) is effective until the holder is relieved from the duties for which the holder was employed and certificated.
- (c) The holder of a certificate issued under this part that is suspended, revoked, or no longer effective shall return it to the Administrator.
- (d) Except for temporary certificates issued under [§ 65.13](/cfr/14/65.13.md), the holder of a paper certificate issued under this part may not exercise the privileges of that certificate.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 22052, 47 FR 35693, Aug. 16, 1982, as amended by Amdt. 65-51, 73 FR 10668, Feb. 28, 2008; Docket FAA-2023-1377, Amdt. 65-66, 90 FR 35218, July 24, 2025]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: Docket 1179, 27 FR 7973, Aug. 10, 1962, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket 22052, 47 FR 35693, Aug. 16, 1982, as amended by Amdt. 65-51, 73 FR 10668, Feb. 28, 2008; Docket FAA-2023-1377, Amdt. 65-66, 90 FR 35218, July 24, 2025]