Iowa § 328.28 - 328.28 Operation under special certificate.
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§ 328.28. 328.28 Operation under special certificate.
1. A manufacturer or dealer owning an aircraft otherwise required to be registered under this chapter may operate the aircraft for up to three years for purposes of transporting, testing, demonstrating, or selling the aircraft without registering the aircraft, upon condition that a special certificate be obtained by the owner for each year the owner operates the aircraft as provided in this section and sections 328.29 through 328.33. 2. A transporter may operate an aircraft described in subsection 1 solely for the purpose of delivery upon obtaining a special certificate issued to the transporter as provided in this section and sections 328.29 through 328.33. 3. The provisions of this section and sections 328.29 through 328.33 shall not apply to aircraft owned by a manufacturer, transporter, or dealer which are used for hire or principally for transportation of persons and property, aside from the transporting of the aircraft itself, or testing or demonstrating thereof. [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §328.28] 2002 Acts, ch 1112, §8; 2022 Acts, ch 1125, §1, 6, 7 Referred to in §328.34 2022 amendment to subsection 1 applies to special certificates issued by the department of transportation that are valid for a period beginning after midnight on June 30, 2022; 2022 Acts, ch 1125, §7 Fri Dec 12 19:54:01 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 328.28 (20, 0)
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