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Laws regarding Pilot Registration
Laws regarding Aircraft Registration
Laws regarding Dealer Registration

Combined Pilot/Aircaft Registration Form
Dealer Registration Form

PILOTS

Per Idaho Law - EVERYONE who pilots an aircraft within the State of Idaho is required to register their aircraft with the Division of Aeronautics. Registration is $12.00 every other year and the funds go toward Search and Rescue.

Pilot Registration Form

AIRCRAFT

Per Idaho Law - EVERY AIRCRAFT operating within the boundaries of the State of Idaho holding an airworthiness certificate and valid annual inspection is required to be registered with the Division of Aeronautics. Registration fee is one cent (1¢) per pound of gross weight not to exceed $200. This fee is due annually.

Aircraft Registration Form

AIRCRAFT DEALERS

Per Idaho Law - ANYONE carrying on or conducting business in buying, selling or dealing in aircraft are required to be registered with the Division of Aeronautics. The fee to be an aircraft dealer is $40 for which you will receive the registration certificate and one decal. Subsequent decals are $1.00 each.

Dealer Registration Form

Per Idaho Aeronautics Laws - Title 21, Idaho Code and Related Statutes, revised during the 1995 Legislative Session:

21-114. Registration of pilots and aircraft -- Requisites.

(a)	Pilot Registration--Fees. Subject to the limitation of subsections (c) and (d) of this section, the department is authorized to require that every individual who pilots an aircraft within this state is to register with the department and to renew such registration every other year thereafter in which he/she pilots an aircraft within this state. The department may charge for each such registration, and for each biennial renewal thereof, a fee of twelve dollars ($12.00). Such income shall be used for search and rescue of lost aircraft and airmen, which said search and rescue shall be under the direction and supervision of the director of the department.
(b)	Aircraft Registration--Fees.
	(1)	Private Aircraft. Subject to the limitations of subsections (c) and (d) of this section, every aircraft operating within this state and/or holding a currently valid airworthiness certificate and a currently valid annual inspection or progressive inspection system issued by the appropriate federal agency, shall be registered with the department prior to or during each annual registration year in which the aircraft is operated within this state. The annual registration year shall commence on the date provided by regulation, and the holding of a currently valid airworthiness certificate and a currently valid annual inspection or progressive inspection system issued by the appropriate federal agency shall be considered prima facie evidence that the aircraft is operating within this state. The department shall charge for each such registration, and for each annual renewal thereof, the fees at the rate of one cent (1¢) per pound of gross weight authorized in the aircraft listing, aircraft specification or type certificate data sheet of said aircraft issued by the federal aviation agency, and in no case to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) upon any one (1) aircraft, provided that such fee shall be in lieu of all personal property taxes on such aircraft.
		Registration certificates shall be kept in the aircraft at all times. In addition to the registration certificate, an identifying decal shall be issued and placed on the left side of the aircraft either upon the vertical stabilizer thereof or upon a window nearest to the rear of the aircraft, fully visible from the outside of the aircraft.
		Aircraft shall only be registered prior to or during the current annual registration year. There shall be no registration of aircraft for any registration period which is prior to the current registration year. Registration certificates issued after expiration of the first six (6) months of the current annual registration year, as prescribed by the department, shall be issued at the rate of fifty percent (50%) of the annual fee. Those aircraft that have been found in violation of the provisions of this section after the first six (6) months will pay the full year's fee.
	(2)	Manufacturers and Dealers License. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry on or conduct the business of buying, selling, or dealing in aircraft unless registered with the department, as such manufacturer or dealer. Any manufacturer or dealer in aircraft owning, having an interest in, or having in his possession an aircraft for the purpose of sale, shall upon the registration and payment of fees as in this act required, acquire one (1) registration certificate which shall bear the distinctive registration number issued to such manufacturer or dealer, and any number of identifying decals. The registration certificate shall be kept at the main office of the manufacturer or dealer and an identifying decal shall be placed upon the left side of every aircraft that the manufacturer or dealer may have an interest in which is held for sale, on the left side thereof either upon the vertical stabilizer or upon a window nearest to the rear of the aircraft.
		An identifying decal issued to a manufacturer or dealer during the calendar year for which issued can be transferred from an aircraft no longer in the possession of the dealer or manufacturer for sale or demonstration to one acquired for the purpose of sale or demonstration during the calendar year. No identifying decal issued to a manufacturer or dealer as hereinprovided may be transferred to an aircraft owned or in the possession of such manufacturer or dealer when such aircraft is used solely for commercial purposes. The fee to be paid by a manufacturer or dealer in aircraft shall be forty dollars ($40.00) for the registration certificate and one dollar ($1.00) for each identifying decal issued to such manufacturer or dealer.
(c)	Requirements for Registration, Issuance of Certificate. Possession of the appropriate effective federal certificate, permit, rating or license relating to competency of the pilot or ownership and airworthiness of the aircraft, as the case may be, and payment of the fee duly required pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be the only requisites for registration of a pilot or an aircraft under this section. Registration shall be effected by filing with the department a written statement containing the information reasonably required by the department for such purpose. It shall not be necessary for the registrant to provide the department with originals or copies of federal certificates, permits, ratings or licenses. The department may issue certificates of registration, or such other evidences of registration or payment of fees as it may deem proper, and in connection therewith may prescribe requirements for the possession and exhibition of such certificates or other evidences similar to the requirements of section 21-113(b), Idaho Code, for the possession and exhibition of federal airman and aircraft certificates, permits, ratings or licenses. Failure to register, if required, shall be unlawful.
(d)	Exemptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
	(1)	An aircraft owned by, and used exclusively in the service of, any government or any political subdivision thereof, including the government of the United States, any state, territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, which is not engaged in carrying persons or property for commercial purposes;
	(2)	An aircraft which is owned by a bona fide nonresident of this state; provided, however, that this exemption shall not apply to such aircraft operated in the transportation of persons or property for hire, in dusting, seeding, or spraying for hire, or in any other activity for hire in this state, whether such aircraft so operated be engaged casually or continuously;
	(3)	An aircraft engaged principally in commercial airline or air freight flying constituting an act of interstate or foreign commerce while operating under a certificate, permit or license issued by the appropriate agency of the United States government;
	(4)	An individual piloting an aircraft owned by, and used exclusively in the service of, any government or any political subdivision thereof, including the government of the United States, any state, territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, which is not engaged in carrying persons or property for commercial purposes;
	(5)	An individual piloting any aircraft registered under the laws of a foreign country;
	(6)	A bona fide nonresident of this state piloting aircraft in this state; provided, however, that this exemption shall not apply to any nonresident piloting an aircraft in this state for hire whether such nonresident is so engaged casually or continuously;
	(7)	An individual piloting an aircraft engaged principally in commercial airline or air freight flying constituting an act of interstate or foreign commerce, while such aircraft is being operated under a certificate, permit or license issued by the appropriate agency of the United States government;
	(8)	An individual operating model aircraft;
	(9)	An individual piloting an aircraft which is equipped with fully functioning dual controls when a properly certified pilot is in full charge of one (1) set of said controls and such flight is solely for instruction or for the demonstration of said aircraft to a bona fide prospective purchaser.
(e)	Transfer of Aircraft. When the ownership of an aircraft registered under the provisions of this section is transferred, the new owner will be required to register the aircraft under the provisions of this section. If the transferor wishes to register another aircraft he shall pay the registration fee required by this section less the amount of registration fee already paid on the aircraft which was sold, or if the transferor shall have an aircraft to be registered with a useful load less than the aircraft that was sold, he shall pay a transfer fee of one dollar ($1.00).

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