Copyright Office Fees

For detailed information on fees charged by the Copyright Office

for services it provides, see Circular 4, Copyright Office Fees.

Copyright Office fees are subject to change. For current fees,

check the Copyright Office website at www.copyright.gov, write the
Copyright Office, or call (202) 707-3000.

For Further Information

by internet · Circulars, announcements, regulations, other

related materials, and all copyright application forms are
available on the Copyright Office website at www.copyright.gov.

by telephone · For general information about

copyright, call the Copyright Public Information Office
at (202) 707-3000. The tty number is (202) 707-6737.
Copyright Office staff members are on duty from
8:30 am to 5:00 pm, eastern time, Monday through
Friday, except federal holidays. Recorded
information is available 24 hours a day.
Or, if you know which application forms
and circulars you want, you may request
them from the Forms and Publications
Hotline at (202) 707-9100 24 hours a day.
You may leave a recorded message.

by regular mail · Write to —

Library of Congress
Copyright Office
Publications Section
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20559-6000
4 Copyright O≤ce Fees Effective as of July 1, 2006

Basic Registrations Other Copyright Service Fees

Fee to accompany an application and deposit for registration
of a claim to copyright
$ 45
Form TX, Short Form TX, Form VA, Short Form VA, Form PA,
Short Form PA, Form SE, Short Form SE, Form SR, & Form GATT
— Form GR⁄CP (This form is an adjunct to Forms VA, PA, and TX.
There is no additional charge.)
Renewal Registrations
Recordation of Documents Relating to
Copyrighted Works
Fee to make a public record of an assignment of rights or
other document
$ 95 Recordation of a document, including a Notice of Intention
to Enforce, containing no more than one title
$ 25 Additional titles (per group of 10 or fewer titles)
$ 435 Special handling of recordation of documents

For works published or registered before January 1, 1978 Reference & Bibliography Reports on
$ 75 Form RE Copyrighted Works
$ 220 Addendum to Form RE
Fee for searching copyright records and preparing
an official report
Group Registrations $ 100 Estimate of search fee
Fee to register a group of related claims, where appropriate $ 150 Preparation of a report from official records ($⁄ hr)
$ 400 Expedited Reference and Bibliography reports ($⁄ hr)
$ 25 Form SE⁄ Group (serials) (per issue, with minimum 2 issues)
$ 70 Form G⁄ DN (daily newspapers and newsletters) Certification & Documents Services:
$ 45 Published phographs (Form VA. Up to 750 published Preparing Copies of Copyright Office Records
photographs may be identified on form GR ⁄ PPh ⁄ CON with
a single filing fee.) Fees for locating, retrieving, and reproducing records
$ 150 Locating and⁄or retrieving Copyright Office records ($⁄ hr)
Supplementary Registrations $ 40 Additional certificate of registration
$ 150 Certification of Copyright Office records ($⁄ hr)
Fee to make a correction or amplification to a completed — Copying fee: variable depending on format and size
registration $ 150 Locating and⁄or retrieving in-process materials ($⁄ hr)
$ 115 Form CA $ 240 Surcharge for expedited Certification & Documents services
$ 115 Form DC listed above or for certification of a Reference & Bibliography
$ 100 Preregistration search report ($ ⁄ hr)

Miscellaneous Fees
Miscellaneous Registrations
$ 20 Receipt for deposit without registration (Section 407 deposit)
$ 200 Form D-VH (vessel hulls) $ 80 Online Service Provider Designation (Recordation of an
$ 95 Form MW (mask works) Interim Designation of Agent to Receive Notification of
Claimed Infringement under §512(c)(2) )
$ 50 Notice to Libraries and Archives (each additional title: $ 20)
Special Services Related to Registration
(Optional Services) Deposit Account Service Charges
Special Handling for Registration of Qualified $ 150 Overdraft
Copyright Claims $ 75 Dishonored replenishment check
Fee to expedite processing of qualified claims
For Licensing Division fees, request sl-4l.
$ 685 Special handling fee (per claim)
$ 50 Additional fee for each (nonspecial handling) claim using
Copyright Office fees are subject to change. For current fees,
the same deposit check the Copyright Office website at www.copyright.gov,
write the Copyright Office, or call (202) 707-3000.
Other Fees Associated with Registration
$ 425 Full-term retention of published copyright deposit
$ 150 Secure test processing ($⁄ hr)
$ 45 Handling extra copy for certification

Requests for Reconsideration

(For claims previously refused registration)
$ 250 First request
$ 25 Additional claim in related group (each)
$ 500 Second request
$ 25 Additional claim in related group (each)

U.S. Copyright Office · Library of Congress · 101 Independence Avenue SE · Washington, DC 20559-6000 · www.copyright.gov
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