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 of a claim in an original work of authorship | |
| Electronic filing: | |
| Single author, same claimant, one work, not for hire | $45 |
| Standard Application | $65 |
| Paper Filing (Forms PA, SR, TX, VA, SE) | $125 |
| Registration of a claim in a group of unpublished works | $85 |
| Registration of a claim in a group of published photographs or a claim in a group of unpublished photographs | $55 |
| Registration of a claim in a group of works published on an album of music | $65 |
| Registration of a claim in a group of serials (per issue, minimum two issues) | $35 |
| Registration of a claim in a group of newspapers, a group of newsletters, or a group of updates to a news website | $95 |
| Registration of a claim in a group of contributions to periodicals | $85 |
| Registration of a claim in a group of short online literary works | $65 |
| Registration of updates or revisions to a database that predominantly consists of non-photographic works | $500 |
| 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 restored copyright (Form GATT) | $100 |
| Preregistration of certain unpublished works | $200 |
| Registration of a correction or amplification to a claim | |
| Supplementary registration | |
| Electronic filing | $100 |
| Paper Filing for correction or amplification of renewal registrations, GATT registrations, and group registrations for non-photographic databases (Form CA) | $150 |
| Registration of a claim in a mask work (Form MW) | $150 |
| Registration of a claim in a vessel design (Form D/VH) | $500 |
| Correction of a design registration: Form DC | $100 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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): | |
| Paper | $125 |
| Electronic | $95 |
| Additional transfer (per transfer) (for documents recorded under 17 U.S.C. 205) | $95 |
| Additional works and alternate identifiers: | |
| Paper (per group of 10 or fewer additional works and alternate identifiers) | $60 |
| Electronic: | |
| 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 |
| Correction of online Public Catalog data due to erroneous electronic title submission (per title) | $7 |
| 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 |
| 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 |