Section 72-10-109 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Certificate of registration of aircraft required - Exceptions(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a person may not operate, pilot, or navigate, or cause or authorize to be operated, piloted, or navigated within this state any civil aircraft operating in this state for 181 or more days within any consecutive 12-month period unless the aircraft has a current certificate of registration issued by the department. (2) The state registration requirement under Subsection (1) does not apply to: (a) aircraft licensed by a foreign country with which the United States has a reciprocal agreement covering the operations of the registered aircraft;(b) a non-passenger-carrying flight solely for inspection or test purposes authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration to be made without the certificate of registration or(c) aircraft operating under 14 C.F.R. Part 121 . with a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 35.000 pounds. (3) Beginning on January 1, 2025, a person may not operate in this state an unmanned aircraft system or an advanced air mobility aircraft for commercial operation for which certification is required under 14 C.F.R. Part 107 or 135 unless the aircraft has a current certificate of registration issued by the department.(4) The department shall, or before December 31 of each calendar year, provide to the State Tax Commission a list of each aircraft for which a current certificate of registration is issued by the department under Subsection (1).Amended by Chapter 483, 2024 General Session ,§ 11, eff. 1/1/2025.Amended by Chapter 485, 2024 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2025.Amended by Chapter 216, 2023 General Session ,§ 3, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 436, 2018 General Session ,§ 6, eff. 1/1/2019.Amended by Chapter 364, 2017 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/9/2017.Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 270, 1998 General Session.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.