Ariz. Admin. Code § R17-2-302 - [Effective 8/3/2025] Aircraft Registration

A. The Department shall assign a staggered expiration date when issuing an initial registration to an aircraft.

1. The initial registration expires on the last day of the month, 12 months from the month the aircraft is subject to Arizona registration.

2. The subsequent expiration dates expire 12 months from the expiration of the previous registration cycle.

B. Registration requirements. A person applying to register or to renew the registration of an aircraft shall submit the following:

1. A request for registration from either:

a. A completed application for aircraft registration, provided by the Department, when applying for registration; or

b. Identifying aircraft registration information as indicated by the Department when renewing a registration;

2. Payment of aircraft fees, as applicable, which may be submitted as multiple partial payments, but the registration of the aircraft is not complete until the full payment is received; and

3. An aircraft exemption affidavit, if applicable.

C. Exemptions. A person who owns an aircraft exempt from registration or license tax or both must declare their exempt status on an aircraft exemption affidavit, provided by the Department, at the time of registration. An active-duty military personnel member must resubmit the affidavit annually and a tribal member will need to resubmit the affidavit if the tribal member's address changes.

D. Proration of fees. The Department shall prorate an aircraft license tax as applicable under A.R.S. § 28-8322.01.

E. Date of receipt. The date of receipt for the items required under subsections (B) and (C) shall be the following:

1. The date of the completed electronic transaction, or

2. The date of the postmark stamped on the mailed items.

F. Evidence of registration. The Department shall issue a registration certificate and receipt as evidence of registration.

G. Assessment, penalty, and lien. A person that fails to register and pay their aircraft fees in full within 60 days of the aircraft's entry into this state, within 60 days of purchase or lease, or by the annual expiration date established in subsection (A) will be subject to an assessment under A.R.S. § 28-8328 and a penalty under A.R.S. § 28-8329. To determine if an assessment is to be issued, any part of a calendar day that an aircraft spends on the ground is counted as one day toward the determination of whether the aircraft is required to be registered and whether aircraft registration fees, assessments, penalties, and liens are to be collected. After 30 days from the issuance of the assessment, the Department may record a lien under A.R.S. § 28-8330 on the aircraft. To release the lien, a person will need to submit to the Department the full payment of the outstanding aircraft fees and a lien recording fee when the lien is filed with the Federal Aviation Administration.

H. Fleet. A person who owns two or more aircraft may request to have the aircraft registrations expire on the same date by submitting an application provided by the Department and a list of all aircraft to be included in the fleet at least 30 days before the registration.

1. The Department shall establish a registration cycle that expires on the last day of the month selected by the aircraft owner. The month selected must be the established expiration month of a currently registered aircraft.

2. Aircraft eligible to be placed into an unexpired fleet must be within at least three months prior to the aircraft's registration expiration date, if currently registered, or at any time, if the aircraft's registration is expired.

3. The Department shall prorate aircraft license tax as applicable under A.R.S. § 28-8322.02.

4. The person shall pay any aircraft fees and submit an aircraft exemption affidavit, if applicable.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R17-2-302

New Section made by final rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 1950, effective 8/3/2025.