14 CFR § 137.35 - Limitations on private agricultural aircraft operator.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s137.35"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 137.35 - Limitations on private agricultural aircraft operator."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "137.35"
section_name: "Limitations on private agricultural aircraft operator."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "AIR CARRIERS AND OPERATORS FOR COMPENSATION OR HIRE: CERTIFICATION AND OPERATIONS"
part_number: "137"
part_name: "AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS"
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, 40113, 44701-44702."
regulatory_source: "Docket 1464, 30 FR 8106, June 24, 1965, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "137"
---


# 137.35 Limitations on private agricultural aircraft operator.

No person may conduct an agricultural aircraft operation under the authority of a private agricultural aircraft operator certificate—

(a) For compensation or hire;

(b) Over a congested area; or

(c) Over any property unless he is the owner or lessee of the property, or has ownership or other property interest in the crop located on that property.