201.3—Fees for registration, recordation, and related services, special services, and services performed by the Licensing Division.

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

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

(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) 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)(10).

(3) Licensing Division service fee. This is a fee for a service performed by the Licensing Division.

(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 basic claim in an original work of authorship:
Electronic Filing	$35
Form-D barcode application properly completed online)	50
Forms PA, SR, TX, VA, SE; and Form CO without barcodes or incomplete information, or information added after printing (paper filing)	65
(2) Registration of a claim in a group of contributions to periodicals (Form GR/CP), published photographs, or database updates:
Electronic filing	35
Forms GR/CP, PA, SR, VA and SE (paper filing)	65
(3) Registration of a renewal claim (Form RE):
Claim without Addendum	115
Addendum	220
(4) Registration of a claim in a group of serials (Form SE/Group)(per issue, minimum 2 issues)	25
(5) Registration of a claim in a group of daily newspapers and qualified newsletters (Form G/DN)	80
(6) Registration of a claim in a restored copyright (Form GATT)	65
(7) Preregistration of certain unpublished works	115
(8) Registration of a correction or amplification to a claim (Form CA and Form DC)	100
(9) Registration of a claim in a mask work (Form MW)	105
(10) Registration of a claim in a vessel hull (Form D/VH)	220
(11) Providing an additional certificate of registration	35
(12) Certification of other Copyright Office records (per hour)	165
(13) Search report prepared from official records (per hour) (minimum: 2 hours)	165
Estimate of search fee	115
(14) Location and retrieval of Copyright Office materials or records (per hour)	165
Fee for location and retrieval of electronic records (per quarter hour) (minimum: 1/2 hour)	41.25
(15) Recordation of document, including a Notice of Intention to Enforce (NIE) (single title)	105
Additional titles (per group of 10 titles)	30
(16) Recordation of an Interim Designation of Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement under § 512(c)(2) (single name)	105
Additional domain names (per group of 10)	30
(17) Recordation of a Notice of Intention to Make and Distribute Phonorecords ( 17 U.S.C. 115 ) (single title)	60
Additional titles (per group of 10)	20
Code of Federal Regulations 490
(18) Issuance of a receipt for § 407 deposit	30

(d) Special Service Fees. The Copyright Office has established the following fees for special services:

Special Services	Fees
(1) Service charge for deposit account overdraft	$165
(2) Service charge for dishonored deposit account replenishment check	85
(3) Service charge for an uncollectible or non-negotiable check	25
(4) Appeals:
(i) First appeal	250
Additional claim in related group	25
(ii) Second appeal	500
Additional claim in related group	25
(5) Secure test processing charge (per hour)	165
(6) Copying of Copyright Office records by staff:
Photocopy (b&w, 81/2 × 11) (per page, minimum $12)	0.50
Photocopy (b&w, 11 × 17) (per page, minimum $12)	1
Photocopy (color, 81/2 × 11) (per page, minimum $12)	2
Photocopy (color, 11 × 17) (per page, minimum $12)	4
Photograph (Polaroid)	15
Photograph (digital)	45
Slide	3
Audiocassette (first 30 minutes)	75
Additional 15 minute increments	20
Videocassette (first 30 minutes)	75
Additional 15 minute increments	25
CD or DVD	100
Zip or floppy disk	100
(7) Special handling fee for a claim	760
Additional fee for each claim using the same deposit	50
(8) Special handling fee for recordation of a document	480
(9) Handling fee of extra deposit copy for certification	45
(10) Full-term retention of a published deposit	470
(11) Expedited search report service (per hour) (minimum 2 hours)	445
(12) Expedited location and retrieval, certification, and copying services (surcharge, per hour)	265
(13) Notice to Libraries and Archives	50
Each additional title	20
(14) Service charge for Federal Express mailing	40
(15) Service charge for delivery of documents via facsimile (per page, 7 page maximum)	1

(e) Licensing Division service fees. The Copyright Office has established the following fees for certain services performed by the Licensing Division:

Licensing Division Services	Fees
(1) Recordation of a Notice of Intention to Make and Distribute Phonorecords ( 17 U.S.C. 115 ) (single title)	$60
Additional titles (per group of 10)	20
(2) Recordation of a licensing agreement for use of certain works in connection with noncommercial broadcasting ( 17 U.S.C. 118 )	140
(3) Recordation of certain contracts by cable TV systems located outside the 48 contiguous states	50
(4) Amendment to Statement of Account filed pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 111, 119 or 1003 )	100
(5) Notice of Digital Transmission of Sound Recording ( 17 U.S.C. 112 and 114 )	25
Amended Notice of Digital Transmission of Sound Recording	25
(6) Photocopy of record by staff (b&w) (per page) (minimum $12)	0.50
(7) Search and report services (per hour)	165
(8) Certification of search report (per hour)	165

Code of Federal Regulations

[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]

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201.3—Fees for registration, recordation, and related services, special services, and services performed by the Licensing Division.

Code of Federal Regulations