Link to an amendment published at 82 FR 27427, June 15, 2017.

Link to an amendment published at 82 FR 29413, June 29, 2017.

1. (a) General. This section prescribes the fees for registration, recordation, and related services, special services, and services performed by the Licensing Division.

2. (b) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

   1. (1) Registration, recordation, and related service fee. This is the fee for a registration or recordation service that the Office is required to perform under 17 U.S.C., or a directly related service. It includes those services described in section 708(a)(1)-(9) and authorized by Pub. L. 105-80.
   2. (2) Special service fee. This is a fee for a special service not specified in title 17, which the Register of Copyrights may fix at any time on the basis of the cost of providing the service, as provided by 17 U.S.C. 708(a).
   3. (3) Licensing Division service fee. This is a fee for a service performed by the Licensing Division.

3. (c) Registration, recordation, and related service fees. The Copyright Office has established the following fees for these services:

   Registration, recordation and related services	Fees ($)
   (1) Registration of a standard claim in an original work of authorship:
   Electronic filing:
   (i) Single author, same claimant, one work, not for hire	35
   (ii) All other filings	55
   Paper Filing (Forms PA, SR, TX, VA, SE, SR)	85
   (2) Registration of a claim in a group of contributions to periodicals (Form GR/CP) or database updates	85
   (3) Registration for a group of published photographs, or an automated database that predominantly consists of photographs and updates thereto:
   (i) Electronic filing	55
   (ii) Paper filing	65
   (4) Registration of a renewal claim (Form RE):
   (i) Claim without addendum	100
   (ii) Addendum (in addition to the fee for the claim)	100
   (5) Registration of a claim in a group of serials (Form SE/Group) (per issue, minimum 2 issues)	25
   (6) Registration of a claim in a group of daily newspapers and qualified newsletters (Form G/DN)	80
   (7) Registration of a claim in a restored copyright (Form GATT)	85
   (8) Preregistration of certain unpublished works	140
   (9) Registration of a correction or amplification to a claim:
   (Form CA)	130
   (Form DC)	100
   (10) Registration of a claim in a mask work (Form MW)	120
   (11) Registration of a claim in a vessel design (Form D/VH)	400
   (12) Provision of an additional certificate of registration	40
   (13) Certification of other Copyright Office records, including search reports (per hour)	200
   (14) Search report prepared from official records other than Licensing Division records (per hour, 2 hour minimum)	200
   Estimate of search fee (credited to search fee)	200
   (15) Retrieval of in-process or completed Copyright Office records or other Copyright Office materials:
   (i) Retrieval of paper records (per hour, 1 hour minimum)	200
   (ii) Retrieval of digital records (per hour, half hour minimum, quarter hour increments)	200
   (16) Recordation of document, including a notice of intention to enforce
   (single title)	105
   Additional titles (per group of 1 to 10 titles)	35
   Correction of online Public Catalog data due to erroneous electronic title submission (per title)	7
   (17) Designation of agent under 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(2) to receive notification of claimed infringement, or amendment or resubmission of designation	6
   (18) Issuance of a receipt for a § 407 deposit	30
   (19) Removal of PII from Registration Records
   (i) Initial request, per registration record	130
   (ii) Reconsideration of denied requests, flat fee	60

4. (d) Special service fees. The Copyright Office has established the following fees for special services of the Office:

   Special services	Fees ($)
   (1) Service charge for deposit account overdraft	250
   (2) Service charge for dishonored deposit account replenishment check	100
   (3) Service charge for an uncollectible or non-negotiable payment	30
   (4) Appeals:
   (i) First appeal (per claim)	250
   (ii) Second appeal (per claim)	500
   (5) Secure test examining fee (per staff member per hour)	250
   (6) Copying of Copyright Office records by staff:
   Photocopy (black & white, 8 1/2 × 11) (per page, minimum: $12)	0.50
   Photocopy (black & white, 11 × 17) (per page, minimum: $12)	1
   Photocopy (color, 8 1/2 × 11) (per page, minimum: $12)	2
   Photocopy (color, 11 × 17) (per page, minimum: $12)	4
   Audiocassette (first 30 minutes)	75
   Additional 15 minute increments	20
   Videocassette (first 30 minutes)	75
   Additional 15 minute increments	20
   CD or DVD	30
   Flash drive	30
   Unsupported formats and other copying of materials by outside providers, at cost of provider	Variable
   (7) Special handling fee for a claim	800
   Handling fee for each non-special handling claim using the same deposit	50
   (8) Special handling fee for recordation of a document	550
   (9) Handling fee for extra deposit copy for certification	50
   (10) Full-term retention of a published deposit	540
   (11) Special handling of search report, per hour (for up to 2 hours)	300
   Additional hours of searching, per hour	500
   (12) Special handling of retrieval, certification, and copying, per hour	305
   (13) Notice to libraries and archives	50
   Each additional title	20
   (14) Service charge for Federal Express mailing	45
   (15) Service charge for delivery of documents via facsimile (per page, 7 page maximum)	1

5. (e) Licensing Division service fees. The Copyright Office has established the following fees for specific services of the Licensing Division:

   Licensing Division services	Fees ($)
   (1) 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
   (2) 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)	150
   (3) Recordation of certain contracts by cable TV systems located outside the 48 contiguous states	50
   (4) Notice of digital transmission of sound recording (17 U.S.C. 112, 114)	40
   Amended notice of digital transmission of sound recording	40
   (5) Processing of a statement of account based on secondary transmissions of primary transmissions pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 111:
   (i) Form SA1	15
   (ii) Form SA2	20
   (iii) Form SA3	725
   (6) Processing of a statement of account based on secondary transmissions of primary transmissions pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 119 or 122	725
   (7) Search report prepared from Licensing Division records (per hour, 1 hour minimum)	200

6. (f) Fees for travel in connection with educational activities. For travel expenses in connection with Copyright Office educational activities when participation by Copyright Office personnel has been requested by another organization or person and that organization or person has agreed to pay such expenses, collection of the fee shall be subject to, and the amount of the fee shall be no greater than, the amount authorized under the Federal Travel Regulations found in Chapters 300 through 304 of Title 41.

[64 FR 29520, June 1, 1999, as amended at 64 FR 36574, July 7, 1999; 65 FR 39819, June 28, 2000; 67 FR 38005, May 31, 2002; 71 FR 31090, June 1, 2006; 71 FR 46402, Aug. 14, 2006; 72 FR 33691, June 19, 2007; 74 FR 12556, Mar. 25, 2009, 74 FR 32807, July 9, 2009; 77 FR 18705, Mar. 28, 2012; 77 FR 18707, Mar. 28, 2012; 78 FR 71501, Nov. 29, 2013; 79 FR 15918, Mar. 24, 2014; 79 FR 24334, Apr. 30, 2014; 79 FR 68623, Nov. 18, 2014; 81 FR 75707, Nov. 1, 2016; 82 FR 9008, Feb. 2, 2017; 82 FR 9356, Feb. 6, 2017; 82 FR 26853, June 12, 2017]