14 CFR § 49.31 - Applicability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s49.31"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 49.31 - Applicability."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "49.31"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIRCRAFT"
part_number: "49"
part_name: "RECORDING OF AIRCRAFT TITLES AND SECURITY DOCUMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "4 U.S.T. 1830; Pub. L. 108-297, 118 Stat. 1095 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note, 49 U.S.C. 44101 note); 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113-40114, 44101-44108, 44110-44113, 44701, 44704, 44713, 45302, 46104, 46301."
regulatory_source: "Docket No. 1996, 29 FR 6486, May 19, 1964, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "49"
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# 49.31 Applicability.

This subpart applies to the recording of the following kinds of conveyances:

(a) A bill of sale, contract of conditional sale, assignment of an interest under a contract of conditional sale, mortgage, assignment of mortgage, lease, equipment trust, notice of tax lien or of other lien, or other instrument affecting title to, or any interest in, aircraft.

(b) A release, cancellation, discharge, or satisfaction of a conveyance named in paragraph (a) of this section.