Use the General Contact Form for the following inquiries:

• Which form to use for your application
• Which service to use for your copyright issue
• General questions about copyright law
• A correspondence you received from the Copyright Office
• Technical support
• Question about a missing certificate
• Economic research on copyright
• Other: All other inquiries (unless noted below)

Use the Request a Walk Through form to request a call to walk through your copyright application with one of our technicians.

Use the Status of My Application form to request an update on the status of your copyright application.

Please note: Claims processing times vary. Please review the Registration Processing Times and FAQs prior to submitting an inquiry.

Use the Request to Reopen Application form if the Copyright Office contacted you, and you would like to request your application be reopened.

Please note: The Copyright Office will only consider reopening your application if:

1. You did not respond by the correspondence deadline because of extraordinary circumstances, or
2. You responded by the deadline, but the Copyright Office may not have received your message.

Use the Request to Remove or Replace Personally Identifiable Information form to request that your personally identifiable information be removed from the Public Catalog.

Use the Request a Search Estimate form to request a search estimate to investigate whether a work is under copyright protection and, if so, the facts of the copyright.

Use the Speaker Request form to request a speaker from the Copyright Office for your event.