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DMCA Designated Agent Registration

We prepare and submit your DMCA designated agent designation in the U.S. Copyright Office's online directory: $29 for a new designation and $19 for a renewal, each including the $6 Copyright Office fee.

New designation
$29

$29 — includes the $6 Copyright Office fee

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Renewal, due every three years
$19

$19 renewal — includes the $6 fee

The Office's FAQ: "A service provider's designation will expire and become invalid three years after it is registered with the Office, unless the service provider renews such designation by either amending it… or resubmitting it without amendment…"

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What's included?

Everything needed to get your designation into the directory and onto your site:

  • We prepare and submit the designation in the U.S. Copyright Office's DMCA Designated Agent Directory, using the details you give us.
  • We email you the directory listing link and your DMCA registration number once it is filed.
  • We email you a plain-text block of your agent details to post on your website. The Office's FAQ says these details "must be made available on a service provider's website".

Who is the designated agent?

You choose your own designated agent, such as someone at your company, and we file the designation with that person's details. We are not the designated agent. Only a single agent may be designated for each service provider.

How do renewals work?

A designation expires three years after it is registered unless it is renewed, and the Office's FAQ says "the online system will automatically email reminders to the primary and secondary contacts, service provider, and designated agent at 90 days, 60 days, 30 days, and 1 week prior to each service provider's renewal deadline." Our $19 renewal, including the $6 fee, is for designations we filed, which sit in our directory account. For a designation managed elsewhere, the FAQ says: "The Office will only effect a transfer if asked to do so by the service provider."

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Frequently asked

What is a DMCA designated agent?
It is the person or company a service provider names to receive notifications of claimed infringement under 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(2). The agent's contact details are listed in the U.S. Copyright Office's DMCA Designated Agent Directory, and the Office's FAQ says they also "must be made available on a service provider's website".
How much does DMCA agent registration cost?
$29 for a new designation and $19 for a renewal. Both prices include the $6 U.S. Copyright Office fee. The Office's FAQ says: "The current fee is $6 per designation, amendment, or resubmission. There is no separate fee to renew per se because each time you amend or resubmit, and pay the $6 fee to do so, you are fulfilling the renewal requirement."
How often does a designation need to be renewed?
Every three years. The Office's FAQ says: "A service provider's designation will expire and become invalid three years after it is registered with the Office, unless the service provider renews such designation by either amending it… or resubmitting it without amendment…" We file renewals for $19, including the $6 fee.
Are you our designated agent?
No. You name your own designated agent, for example someone at your company, and we file the designation with that person's details. We prepare and submit the filing; the agent you name is the one listed in the directory.
Can you file the designation for us?
Yes, with your authorization. Asked who can file, the Office's FAQ says: "Anyone the service provider authorizes to act on its behalf. This can be an employee of the service provider or a third party like a DMCA agent service or law firm." When you order, you confirm that you are authorized by the service provider to have FastCopyrightFiling file and manage the designation.
What information do you need?
The service provider's full legal name, physical street address (not a post office box), any alternate names used by the service provider, and the name, organization, physical mail address (street address or post office box), telephone number, and email address of its designated agent, plus a telephone number and email address for the service provider. The order form asks for each of these.
What counts as an alternate name?
The Office's FAQ lists "all names under which the service provider is doing business, website names and addresses (i.e., URLs), software application names, and other commonly used names. Separate legal entities are not considered alternate names." For websites, the top-level domain is enough.
Can we use a P.O. box?
For the designated agent's mail address, yes. The service provider's own address must be a physical street address; the Office's FAQ says a P.O. box there needs the Office's prior approval, only in exceptional circumstances.
Can you renew a designation that was filed through another account?
Our $19 renewal is for designations we filed, which sit in our directory account. For a designation managed elsewhere, the Office's FAQ says: "The Office will only effect a transfer if asked to do so by the service provider." Contact us before ordering and we will tell you what is possible.

Not affiliated with the U.S. Copyright Office. Fees and rules quoted from the Office's fee schedule and DMCA directory FAQ, as of September 30, 2026. The public directory is at dmca.copyright.gov/osp.