{"data":{"id":"us/14-cfr-61.85","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"14 CFR 61.85","heading":"Application.","body":"An applicant for a student pilot certificate:\n(a) Must make that application in a form acceptable to the Administrator; and\n(b) Must submit the application to a Flight Standards office, a designated pilot examiner, an airman certification representative associated with a pilot school, a flight instructor, or other person authorized by the Administrator.","path":["Title 14—Aeronautics and Space","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER D—AIRMEN","PART 61—CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS","Subpart C—Student Pilots"],"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":"d47e17854791f5907944b076b2730cef1f99f8563af3135847ca05d71b422798","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/14-cfr-61.83","next":"us/14-cfr-61.87"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}