14 CFR § 375.20 - Airworthiness and registration certificates.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s375.20"
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title: "14 CFR § 375.20 - Airworthiness and registration certificates."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "375.20"
section_name: "Airworthiness and registration certificates."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL REGULATIONS"
part_number: "375"
part_name: "NAVIGATION OF FOREIGN CIVIL AIRCRAFT WITHIN THE UNITED STATES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 40102, 40103, and 41703."
regulatory_source: "OST Doc. No. 42547, 51 FR 7254, Mar. 3, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "375"
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# 375.20 Airworthiness and registration certificates.

Foreign civil aircraft shall carry currently effective certificates of registration and airworthiness issued or rendered valid by the country of registry and shall display the nationality and registration markings of that country. However, a foreign civil aircraft may carry, in lieu of such certificate of airworthiness, an effective special flight authorization issued by the Federal Aviation Administration for the operations being performed.