{"data":{"id":"us/47-cfr-97.31","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"47 CFR 97.31","heading":"Cancellation on account of the licensee's death.","body":"(a) A person may request cancellation of an operator/primary station license grant on account of the licensee's death by submitting a signed request that includes a death certificate, obituary, or Social Security Death Index data that shows the person named in the operator/primary station license grant has died. Such a request may be submitted as a pleading associated with the deceased licensee's license. See § 1.45 of this chapter. In addition, the Commission may cancel an operator/primary station license grant if it becomes aware of the grantee's death through other means. No action will be taken during the last thirty days of the post-expiration grace period (see § 97.21(b)) on a request to cancel a license due to the licensee's death.\n(b) A license that is canceled due to the licensee's death is canceled as of the date of the licensee's death.","path":["Title 47—Telecommunication","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER D—SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES","PART 97—AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE","Subpart A—General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-47.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:28Z","sha256":"13e332a102d05f43250dec34d117b070691a250ed751e518865efef85c1d7033","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/47-cfr-97.27-97.29","next":"us/47-cfr-97.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}