14 CFR § 103.7 - Certification and registration.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s103.7"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 103.7 - Certification and registration."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "103.7"
section_name: "Certification and registration."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES"
part_number: "103"
part_name: "ULTRALIGHT VEHICLES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103-40104, 40113, 44701."
regulatory_source: "Docket 21631, 47 FR 38776, Sept. 2, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "103"
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# 103.7 Certification and registration.

(a) Notwithstanding any other section pertaining to certification of aircraft or their parts or equipment, ultralight vehicles and their component parts and equipment are not required to meet the airworthiness certification standards specified for aircraft or to have certificates of airworthiness.

(b) Notwithstanding any other section pertaining to airman certification, operators of ultralight vehicles are not required to meet any aeronautical knowledge, age, or experience requirements to operate those vehicles or to have airman or medical certificates.

(c) Notwithstanding any other section pertaining to registration and marking of aircraft, ultralight vehicles are not required to be registered or to bear markings of any type.