The division shall prepare the applications for registration certificate [certificates] and registration numbers to provide for a uniform, statewide registration of aircraft and shall keep in the office of the division in Santa Fe a current index of aircraft registration. History: 1953 Comp., § 44-5-7, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 122, § 7; 1970, ch. 50, § 5; 1977, ch. 250, § 26.