{"data":{"id":"us/14-cfr-48.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"14 CFR 48.1","heading":"Applicability.","body":"(a) This part provides registration and identification requirements for small unmanned aircraft that are part of a small unmanned aircraft system as defined in § 1.1 of this chapter.\n(b) Small unmanned aircraft eligible for registration in the United States must be registered and identified in accordance with either:\n(1) The registration and identification requirements in this part; or\n(2) The registration requirements in part 47 and the identification and registration marking requirements in subparts A and C of part 45.\n(c) Small unmanned aircraft intended to be operated outside of the territorial airspace of the United States, or registered through a trust or voting trust, must be registered in accordance with subparts A and B of part 47 and satisfy the identification and registration marking requirements of subparts A and C of part 45.","path":["Title 14—Aeronautics and Space","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER C—AIRCRAFT","PART 48—REGISTRATION AND MARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-14.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:20Z","sha256":"72e9c3a7d85cfb185210b31e20d03f14f1e414e1a4663519538227430af19016","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/14-cfr-47.71","next":"us/14-cfr-48.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}