---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 46108"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "46108"
heading: "Enforcement of certificate requirements by interested persons"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/46108"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs"
  - "Part A — Air Commerce and Safety"
  - "Subpart iv — enforcement and penalties"
  - "Chapter 461 — Investigations and Proceedings"
---

# §46108. Enforcement of certificate requirements by interested persons


An interested person may bring a civil action in a district court of the [United States](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-46) against a person to enforce [section 41101(a)(1) of this title](/usc/49/41101.md?p=a-1). The action may be brought in the judicial district in which the defendant does business or the violation occurred.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1229.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 46108 | 49 App.:1487(a) (related to party in interest). | Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, § 1007(a) (related to party in interest), 72 Stat. 796. |

The words “interested person” are substituted for “party in interest” for consistency. The words “may bring a civil action” are substituted for “may apply” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code and rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 App. U.S.C.). The text of 49 App.:1487(a) (words after semicolon related to party in interest) is omitted as surplus because of 28:1651 and rule 81(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.