Registering a Renewal Claim

Application for renewal registration must be filed on Form RE, which is supplied by the Copyright Office on request. It is also available from the Copyright Office Website at www.copyright.gov.

Renewal Fee

The filing fee for a renewal application is $60 as of May 2006. If several applications are submitted at the same time, a remittance for the total amount should accompany them. The fee for processing a renewal claim is nonrefundable, whether or not renewal registration is ultimately made.

Notice of Renewal of Copyright

The Copyright Office is frequently asked whether the notice of copyright should be changed on copies of a work issued during the renewal term. The copyright law is silent on this point, and the continued use of the original form of notice may therefore be considered appropriate. However, a notice that also refers to the fact of renewal might be regarded as more informative and, hence, preferable; for example:

Copyright 1998 FindLaw
Copyright Renewed 2006 by FindLaw

Effective Date of Registration

A renewal registration is effective on the date the Copyright Office receives all the required renewal elements in acceptable form, regardless of how long it then takes to process the application and mail the certificate of registration.