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Aircraft Registration

Conditions for Exemption from Registration

  • An aircraft owned by and used exclusively in the service of any government or political subdivision thereof, including aircraft of the government of the United States, or the District of Columbia, which is not engaged in carrying persons or property for commercial purposes
  • All certified Civil Aeronautics Board, Part 121, air carrier aircraft operating in this State
  • An aircraft owned by a nonresident for hire which is based in the State for less than 30 consecutive days in any one calendar year or is registered in another state or foreign country
  • An aircraft not registered because it was in storage or being repaired, provided that the owner had received approval for exemption from the commissioner
  • All aircraft registered in accordance with section 53

Conditions for Exemption from Excise Tax

  • “Antique Aircraft” is defined as aircraft in excess of 30 years which is flown only for purposes of demonstration and show.

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