Laws, Regulations & Annotations

C

215.0000 CERTIFICATED AIRCRAFT

Annotation 215.0020

215.0020 Foreign-Owned Aircraft. Aircraft owned by foreign governments are exempt from personal property taxation by Revenue and Taxation Code section 5331. Aircraft owned, based and registered abroad and used exclusively in international commerce are exempt from property taxation (Scandinavian Airlines System, Inc. v. Los Angeles County, 56 Cal.2d 11, cert. denied, 368 U.S. 899). Since foreign carriers cannot engage in interstate commerce, no foreign aircraft are subject to property taxation. C 11/1/1982.