{"data":{"id":"us/49-u.s.c.-44102","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 U.S.C. § 44102","heading":"Registration requirements","body":"(a) Eligibility.—An aircraft may be registered under section 44103 of this title only when the aircraft is—(1) not registered under the laws of a foreign country and is owned by—(A) a citizen of the United States; (B) an individual citizen of a foreign country lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States; or (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 (2) an aircraft of—(A) the United States Government; or (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. (b) Duty To Define Certain Term.—In carrying out subsection (a)(1)(C) of this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall define “based and primarily used in the United States”.","path":["Title 49—TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 441—REGISTRATION AND RECORDATION OF AIRCRAFT"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc49@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:01:06Z","sha256":"a5f8d54d3f344df421e08a96aef634128d528d8d9e47027f4bf58d09018d9dca","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/49-u.s.c.-44101","next":"us/49-u.s.c.-44103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}