Fees
Shown below are fees for copyright registration, recordation, and other services. Note that there is now a lower filing fee for online registration of basic claims through the electronic Copyright Office. Fees in effect as of May 1, 2014.
Basic Registrations
Registrations online Single Application (single author, same claimant, one work, not for hire) Standard Application (all other filings) |
$35 $55 |
Registrations on paper Paper filing on Form TX, Form VA, Form PA, Form SE, and Form SR |
$85 |
Renewal Registrations
For works published or registered before January 1, 1978 Form RE |
$100 |
Addendum to Form RE (in addition to fee for claim) | $100 |
Supplementary Registrations
Electronic or paper filing (to correct or amplify a completed registration) | $130 |
Form DC (to correct a design registration) | $100 |
Group Registrations
Form SE/Group (serials) (per issue, with minimum 2 issues) | $25 |
Form G/DN (daily newspapers and qualified newsletters) | $80 |
Form GR/PPh/CON (published photographs) (up to 750 published photographs can be identified on form GR/PPh/CON with a single filing fee) | $65 |
Group automated database updates (paper application only) | $85 |
Online registration of groups of published photographs (pilot program, see sl-39) | $55 |
Group of contributions to periodicals (GRCP) | $85 |
Preregistration
Preregistration of certain unpublished works | $140 |
Other Registrations
Form D-VH (vessel hull designs) | $400 |
Form GATT | $85 |
Form MW (mask works) | $120 |
Special Handling
To expedite processing of qualified claims Special handling fee (per claim) Additional fee for each (non-special-handling) claim using the same deposit |
$800 $50 |
Other fees associated with registration Full-term retention of published copyright deposit Secure test examining fee (per staff member per hour) Handling extra copy for certification |
$540 $250 $50 |
Requests for Reconsideration (Appeals)
For claims previously refused registration First request |
$250 |
Second request | $500 |
Recordation of Documents
Recordation of document, including notice of intention to enforce (containing no more than 1 title) | $105 |
Additional titles (per group of 10 or fewer titles) | $35 |
Additional transfers (each) | $105 |
Special handling of recordation of documents | $550 |
Searches of Records
Estimate of search fee (credited to search fee) | $200 |
Search report (per hour, 2 hour minimum) | $200 |
Expedited report (surcharge per hour for first two hours plus $200 per hour base fee) | $300 |
Each additional hour in addition to the charge for the first two hours (three-hour search is $200 + $200 + $300 + $300 + $500) | $500 |
Certification of search report (per hour) | $200 |
Miscellaneous Fees
Receipt for deposit without registration (section 407 deposit) | $30 |
Designation of agent under section 512(c)(2) to receive notification of claimed infringement or amendment or resubmission of agent | $6 |
Alternative names, including websites (per group of 10 or fewer) | $35 |
Notice to libraries and archives (each additional title $ 20) | $50 |
Service charge for Federal Express mailing | $45 |
Service charge for delivery of documents via fax (per page, 7 pages maximum) | $1 |
Initial request to remove requested PII from online catalog, per registration record | $130 |
Reconsideration of denied requests to remove PII, flat fee | $60 |
Retrievals and Copies of Records
Retrieval of paper records (per hour, 1 hour minimum) | $200 |
Retrieval of digital records (per hour, half hour minimum, quarter hour increments) | $200 |
Additional certificate of registration | $40 |
Certification of records, including search reports (per hour) | $200 |
Surcharge for expedited retrievals, certification, and copying ($/hr) | $305 |
Photocopy (black & white, 8 1/2 x 11) (per page, minimum: $12) | $.50 |
Photocopy (black & white, 11 x 17) (per page, minimum: $12) | $1 |
Photocopy (color, 8 1/2 x 11) (per page, minimum: $12) | $2 |
Photocopy (color, 11 x 17) (per page, minimum: $12) | $4 |
Audiocassette (first 30 minutes) Additional 15-minute increments |
$75 $20 |
Videocassette (first 30 minutes) Additional 15-minute increments |
$75 $20 |
CD or DVD | $30 |
Flash drive | $30 |
Unsupported formats and other copying of materials by outside providers, at cost of provider | Variable |
Payment Processing Service Charges
Overdraft of deposit account | $250 |
Dishonored replenishment check for deposit account | $100 |
Uncollectible or nonnegotiable check | $30 |