{"identifier":"/us/usc/t49/s44102","title":49,"num":"\u00a7\u202f44102.","heading":"Registration requirements","text":"\u00a7\u202f44102.\nRegistration requirements\n(a)\nEligibility.\u2014\nAn aircraft may be registered under\n(1) not registered under the laws of a foreign country and is owned by\u2014\n(A) a citizen of the United States;\n(B) an individual citizen of a foreign country lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States; or\n(C) a corporation not a citizen of the United States when the corporation is organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or a State, and the aircraft is based and primarily used in the United States; or\n(2) an aircraft of\u2014\n(A) the United States Government; or\n(B) a State, the District of Columbia, a territory or possession of the United States, or a political subdivision of a State, territory, or possession.\n(b)\nDuty To Define Certain Term.\u2014\nIn carrying out subsection (a)(1)(C) of this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall define \u201cbased and primarily used in the United States\u201d.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t49/s44102.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s44102","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f44102."},{"t":"heading","text":"Registration requirements"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s44102/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Eligibility.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"An aircraft may be registered under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 44103 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t49/s44103","tail":" only when the aircraft is\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s44102/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" not registered under the laws of a foreign country and is owned by\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t49/s44102/a/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" a citizen of the United States;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t49/s44102/a/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" an individual citizen of a foreign country lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t49/s44102/a/1/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" a corporation not a citizen of the United States when the corporation is organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or a State, and the aircraft is based and primarily used in the United States; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s44102/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" an aircraft of\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t49/s44102/a/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the United States Government; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t49/s44102/a/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" a State, the District of Columbia, a territory or possession of the United States, or a political subdivision of a State, territory, or possession.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s44102/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Duty To Define Certain Term.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"In carrying out subsection (a)(1)(C) of this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall define \u201cbased and primarily used in the United States\u201d.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}