[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 29, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 52301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22037]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 47


Court of Competent Jurisdiction

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Interpretive rule.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) interprets the phase 
``court of competent jurisdiction'' as used in Title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations Sec. 47.37 as meaning a court of the country where 
the aircraft was last registered.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 29, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph R. Standell, Federal Aviation 
Administration (AMC-7), Post Office Box 25082, Oklahoma City, OK 73125. 
Telephone (405) 954-3296.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 37.37(b)(2) of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR Part 47) requires an applicant for United States 
registration of an aircraft to provide evidence satisfactory to the 
Administrator that foreign registration of the aircraft has terminated. 
Satisfactory evidence included ``a final judgment or decree of a court 
of competent jurisdiction that determines, under the law of the country 
concerned, that the registration has in fact become invalid.'' (14 CFR 
47.37(b)(2)) FAA interprets the phrase ``court of competent 
jurisdiction'' to mean a court of the country where the aircraft was 
last registered.

    Issued in Oklahoma City, OK on August 22, 2000.
Joseph R. Standell,
Aeronautical Center Counsel.
[FR Doc. 00-22037 Filed 8-28-00; 8:45 am]
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