Serials and Periodicals
Follow these steps to register your periodical, newspaper, magazine, or other similar work. Serial works are
issued or intended to be issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designations and are
intended to be continued indefinitely (click here for more examples
of serial works):
Step 1
Select the appropriate application for your work.
- For single issues, use Form SE or Short Form SE (choose which form to use)
- For a group of issues that meet certain conditions, use Form SE/Group.
- For a group of daily newspapers or newsletters that meet certain conditions, use Form G/DN.
Step 2
Put into one envelope or package:
Step 3
Send the package to:
Library of Congress
Copyright Office
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20559-6000
Please read this important notice about mail delivery disruption.
Your registration becomes effective on the day that the Copyright Office receives your application, payment,
and copy(ies) in acceptable form. If your submission is in order, you will receive a certificate of registration
in 4 to 5 months.
For more details, please see Circular 62: Copyright Registration for Serials, Circular 62a: Group Registration of Newspapers and Newsletters on Form G/DN, and other informational circulars.
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