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Registration and Remote ID, completely

Chapter 1 surveyed the two things every drone must carry before it flies for work — a registration and, in the air, a Remote ID signal. This chapter is the full account: who must register and how, what it costs and how you mark the aircraft, and the ways an aircraft meets the Remote ID rule.

In this chapter

• +Who must register a drone under Part 48, why the sub-0.55-pound exemption is recreational-only, and how per-aircraft and per-person registration differ
• +What registration costs, how long it lasts, and how the registration number must be marked on the aircraft
• +The Remote ID rule and the three ways to meet it — a standard Remote ID drone, a broadcast module flown within sight, or an FAA-recognized identification area