The federal license, certificate or permit, and the evidence of registration in another state, if any, required for an airman shall be kept in the personal possession of the airman when he or she is operating within this state and shall be presented for inspection upon the demand of any passenger, any peace officer of this state, the executive director, any employee of the authority or any manager or person in charge of any airport in this state upon which he or she lands. The federal aircraft license, certificate or permit, and the evidence of registration in another state, if any, required for aircraft shall be carried in every aircraft operating in this state at all times and shall be conspicuously posted therein where it may readily be seen by passengers or inspectors and shall be presented for inspection upon the demand of any passenger, any peace officer of this state, any official or employee of the authority or any manager or person in charge of any airport in this state upon which it lands.

(1949 Rev., S. 4804; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 130; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 179; 1972, P.A. 134, S. 4; 207, S. 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 554, 610; P.A. 15-192, S. 32.)

History: 1961 act substituted deputy director for assistant director; 1969 act replaced director and deputy director of aeronautics with commissioner of transportation and deputy commissioner for aeronautics and substituted “any official” for “any member of the commission, the director, the deputy director”; 1972 acts deleted reference to “any member of the commission” and deleted words “this or” in phrase “this or another state”; P.A. 77-614 deleted reference to deputy commissioner for aeronautics, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 15-192 replaced “commissioner” with “executive director” and “department” with “authority” and made technical changes, effective July 2, 2015.