47 CFR § 90.149 - License term.

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title: "47 CFR § 90.149 - License term."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "90.149"
section_name: "License term."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES"
part_number: "90"
part_name: "PRIVATE LAND MOBILE RADIO SERVICES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "47 U.S.C. 154(i), 161, 303(g), 303(r), 332(c)(7), 1401-1473"
regulatory_source: "43 FR 54791, Nov. 22, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
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# 90.149 License term.

(a) Except as provided in subpart R of this part, licenses for stations authorized under this part will be issued for a term not to exceed ten (10) years from the date of the original issuance or renewal.

(b) [Reserved]

[43 FR 54791, Nov. 22, 1978, as amended at 49 FR 36376, Sept. 17, 1984; 56 FR 19602, Apr. 29, 1991; 56 FR 65858, Dec. 19, 1991; 59 FR 59958, Nov. 21, 1994; 62 FR 18924, Apr. 17, 1997; 63 FR 68964, Dec. 14, 1998; 65 FR 60875, Oct. 13, 2000; 69 FR 46442, Aug. 3, 2004; 70 FR 61061, Oct. 20, 2005; 78 FR 25175, Apr. 29, 2013; 86 FR 23296, May 3, 2021; 89 FR 100851, Dec. 13, 2024; 90 FR 57710, Dec. 12, 2025]