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The FAA’s CARES system aims to modernize the Civil Aircraft Registry through digitization and online access, but new policies, reduced transparency, and legal uncertainty have created major challenges for aviation professionals.

The FAA Registry has confirmed that the Public Documents Room “will remain open and business as usual” in an email announcement sent just before midnight on September 29.

The joint response from the ATLTCC is meant to recommend the “right balance between protecting personal data and preserving the functional utility of the FAA Aircraft Registry.”

The FAA introduced a new privacy measure enabling “private aircraft owners and operators” to withhold certain registration data from public access.

Effective April 2, 2025, individual applicants using a foreign address for aircraft registration must designate a U.S. agent for service.

Learn how the most recent FAA changes will affect your aircraft transaction.

On the afternoon of Thursday, October 31, 2024, David Cox, Division Manager for the FAA Aircraft Registry, issued a frightening memo to...

Originally published in the October 2024 Aviation Law issue of the Oklahoma Bar Journal. Authors: Jack Gilchrist and Tony Morales How...

While not usually as dangerous or exciting as it sounds, aircraft repossession is a real thing and is more common than most people think....

Learn more about Transacting User Entities and Professional User Entities on the International Registry.