Fees
Shown below are fees for copyright registration, recordation, and other services. For more information about how the Copyright Office sets these fees, see the Fee Study Page.
Registration
| Registrations of a claim in a original work of authorship: | |
Electronic filing: |
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Single author, same claimant, one work, not for hire. |
$45 |
All other filings |
$65 |
Paper Filing (Forms PA, SR, TX, VA, SE) |
$125 |
| Registration of a claim in a group of contributions to periodicals | $85 |
| Registration of updates or revisions to a database that predominantly consists of non-photographic works | $500 |
| Registration of a claim in a group of published photographs or a claim in a group of unpublished photographs | $55 |
| Registration for a database that predominantly consists of photographs and updates thereto: | |
Electronic filing |
$250 | Paper filing |
$250 |
| Registration of a renewal claim (Form RE): | |
Claim without addendum |
$125 |
Addendum (in addition to the fee for the claim) |
$100 |
| Registration of a claim in a group of serials (per issue, minimum two issues) | |
Electronic filing |
$35 |
| Registration of a claim in a group of newspapers or a group of newsletters | $95 |
| Registration of a claim in a group of unpublished works | $85 |
| Registration of a claim in a group of short online literary works | $65 |
| Registration of a claim in a restored copyright (Form GATT) | $100 |
| Preregistration of certain unpublished works | $200 |
| Registration of a correction or amplification to a claim | |
Supplementary registration |
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Electronic filing |
$100 |
Paper Filing for correction or amplification of renewal registrations, GATT registrations, and group registrations for non-photographic databases (Form CA) |
$150 |
Correction of a design registration: Form DC |
$100 |
| Registration of a claim in a mask work (Form MW) | $150 |
| Registration of a claim in a vessel design (Form D/VH) | $500 |
Retrievals and Copies
| Provision of an additional certificate of registration | $55 |
| Certification of other Copyright Office records, including search reports (per hour) | $200 |
| Search report prepared from official records other than Licensing Division records (per hour, 2 hour minimum) | $200 |
| Estimate of retrieval or search fee (credited to retrieval or search fee) | $200 |
| Retrieval of in-process or completed Copyright Office records or other Copyright Office materials: | |
Retrieval of paper records (per hour, 1 hour minimum) |
$200 |
Retrieval of digital records (per hour, half hour minimum, quarter hour increments) |
$200 |
Miscellaneous Fees
| Designation of agent under 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(2) to receive notification of claimed infringement, or amendment or resubmission of designation | $6 |
| Schedule of pre-1972 sound recordings, or supplemental schedule of pre-1972 sound recordings (single sound recording) | $75 |
Additional sound recordings (per group of 1 to 100 sound recordings) |
$10 |
[Reserved] |
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| Removal of pre-1972 sound recording from Office's database of indexed schedules (single sound recording) | $75 |
| Notice of noncommercial use of pre-1972 sound recording | $50 |
| Opt-out notice of noncommercial use of pre-1972 sound recording | $50 |
| Issuance of a receipt for a section 407 deposit | $30 |
| Removal of PII from Registration Records: | |
Initial request, per registration record |
$100 |
Reconsideration of denied requests, flat fee |
$60 |
Recordation of Documents
| Recordation of a document, including a notice of termination and a notice of intention to enforce a restored copyright | |
Base fee (includes 1 work identified by 1 title and/or registration number): |
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Paper |
$125 |
Electronic |
$95 |
Additional transfer (per transfer) (for documents recorded under 17 U.S.C. 205) |
$95 |
(iii) Additional works and alternate identifiers: |
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Paper (per group of 10 or fewer additional works and alternate identifiers) |
$60 |
Electronic: |
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1 to 50 additional works and alternate identifiers |
$60 |
51 to 500 additional works and alternate identifiers |
$225 |
501 to 1,000 additional works and alternate identifiers |
$390 |
1,001 to 10,000 additional works and alternate identifiers |
$555 |
10,001 or more additional works and alternate identifiers |
$5,500 |
(iv) Correction of online Public Catalog data due to erroneous electronic title submission (per title) |
$7 |
Licensing Division services
| Recordation of a notice of intention to make and distribute phonorecords (17 U.S.C. 115) | $75 |
Additional titles (per group of 1 to 10 titles) (paper filing) |
$20 |
Additional titles (per group of 1 to 100 titles) (online filing) |
$10 |
| Statement of account amendment (cable television systems and satellite carriers, 17 U.S.C. 111 and 119; digital audio recording devices or media, 17 U.S.C. 1003) | $50 |
| Recordation of certain contracts by cable TV systems located outside the 48 contiguous states | $50 |
| Initial or amended notice of digital transmission of sound recording (17 U.S.C. 112, 114) | $50 |
| Processing of a statement of account based on secondary transmissions of primary transmissions pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 111: | |
Form SA1 |
$15 |
Form SA2 |
$20 |
Form SA3 |
$725 |
| Processing of a statement of account based on secondary transmissions of primary transmissions pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 119 or 122 | $725 |
| Search report prepared from Licensing Division records (per hour, 2 hour minimum) | $200 |
Special services
| Service charge for deposit account overdraft | $285 |
| Service charge for dishonored deposit account replenishment check | $500 |
| Service charge for an uncollectible or non-negotiable payment | $115 |
| Appeals: | |
First appeal (per claim) |
$350 |
Second appeal (per claim) |
$700 |
| Secure test examining fee (per staff member per hour) | $250 |
| Copying of Copyright Office records by staff | $12 |
| Special handling fee for a claim | $800 |
Handling fee for each non-special handling claim using the same deposit |
$50 |
| Special handling fee for recordation of a document | $550 |
| Handling fee for extra deposit copy for certification | $50 |
| Full-term retention of a published deposit | |
Physical deposit |
$540 |
Electronic deposit |
$220 |
| Voluntary cancellation of registration | $150 |
| Matching unidentified deposit to deposit ticket claim | $40 |
| Special handling fee for records retrieval, search, and certification services (per hour, 1 hour minimum) | $500 |
| Litigation statement (Form LS) | $100 |
| Notice to libraries and archives | $50 |
Each additional title |
$20 |
| Service charge for Federal Express mailing | $45 |
| Service charge for delivery of documents via facsimile (per page, 7 page maximum) | $1 |