14 CFR § 49.53 - Eligibility for recording: general requirements.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s49.53"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 49.53 - Eligibility for recording: general requirements."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "49.53"
section_name: "Eligibility for recording: general requirements."
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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# 49.53 Eligibility for recording: general requirements.
(a) A conveyance is eligible for recording under this subpart only if, in addition to the requirements of §§ 49.11, 49.13, and 49.17, the following requirements are met:
(1) It affects any aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or spare part, maintained by or on behalf of an air carrier certificated under 49 U.S.C. 44705;
(2) It contains or is accompanied by a statement by the air carrier certificated under that section;
(3) It specifically describes the location or locations of each aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or spare part covered by it; and
(4) It is accompanied by the recording fee required by § 49.15, but there is no fee for recording a conveyance named in § 49.51(c).
(b) The conveyance need only describe generally, by type, the engines, propellers, appliances, or spare parts covered by it.
[Doc. No. 1996, 29 FR 6486, May 19, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 49-5, 35 FR 802, Jan. 21, 1970; Amdt. 49-10, 70 FR 246, Jan. 3, 2005]