(a) A person who wishes to register an aircraft in the United States
must submit an Application for Aircraft Registration under this part.
(b) An aircraft may be registered only by and in the legal name of its
owner.
(c) Section 501(f) of the Act (49 U.S.C. 1401(f)), provides that
registration is not evidence of ownership of aircraft in any proceeding in
which ownership by a particular person is in issue. The FAA does not issue
any certificate of ownership or endorse any information with respect to
ownership on a Certificate of Aircraft Registration. The FAA issues a
Certificate of Aircraft Registration to the person who appears to be the
owner on the basis of the evidence of ownership submitted pursuant to
§47.11 with the Application for Aircraft Registration, or recorded at the
FAA Aircraft Registry.
(d) In this part, "owner" includes a buyer in possession, a bailee, or
a lessee of an aircraft under a contract of conditional sale, and the
assignee of that person.