Regulations last checked for updates: Dec 14, 2025

Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space last revised: Nov 03, 2025
§ 402.3 - Falsification, reproduction, alteration, or omission.

(a) No person may make or cause to be made any fraudulent or intentionally false statement in:

(1) Any document in any format, submitted under any provision referenced in § 402.1 of this part, consisting of or related to any acceptance, application, approval, authorization, permit, license, waiver, record, report, or similar; or

(2) Any document in any format that is kept, made, or used to show compliance with any requirement under the provisions referenced in § 402.1.

(b) No person may make or cause to be made any production, reproduction, or alteration, for fraudulent purpose, of:

(1) Any document in any format, submitted or granted under any provision referenced in § 402.1, consisting of or related to any acceptance, application, approval, authorization, permit, license, waiver, record, report, or similar; or

(2) Any document in any format that is kept, made, or used to show compliance with any requirement under the provisions referenced in § 402.1.

(c) No person may knowingly omit or cause to be omitted a material fact in:

(1) Any document in any format, submitted under any provision referenced in § 402.1, consisting of or related to any acceptance, application, approval, authorization, permit, license, waiver, record, report, or similar; or

(2) Any document in any format that is kept, made, or used to show compliance with any requirement under the provisions referenced in § 402.1.

(d) The commission by any person of an act prohibited under paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section is a basis for:

(1) Denying, suspending, modifying, revoking, rescinding, removing, or withdrawing any acceptance, application, approval, authorization, permit, license, waiver, or similar, issued or granted by the Administrator and held by that person; or

(2) A civil penalty.

source: Doc. No. FAA-2024-0021, Amdt. 402-1, 90 FR 42526, Sept. 3, 2025, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 14 CFR 402.3