1900-15
1909
Certification in general. (cont'd)
1909.05
Undeliverable certifications. (cont'd)
are generally remailed one time. If returned again, the certification is destroyed after the CIS image status has been updated to show that the mailing was "undeliverable," in accordance with retention policies established by the Register of Copyrights for those files.
1909.06
Who may authenticate documents. Documents may be authenticated by the person or persons to whom that authority has been delegated by the Register of Copyrights. Documents will generally be authenticated by the Head of the Certifications and Documents Section or in his/her absence by the Assistant Chief or Chief of the Information and Reference Division. For original certificates of registration or certificates of recordation of documents see sections 1905.01 and 1907.01 above.
1909.07
Certifications. Certifications are made in four different formats depending on the nature of the material being certified.
1)
Certification of statements from the public record. A standard certification attests to one or more facts from the public record about a document or deposit. It bears the name and title of the Register of Copyrights and is signed by the head of the Office's Certification and Documents Section, or an authorized designee.
2)
Certification of original certificates of registration, rejected applications, or recordation of documents. For the form of certification of original certificates of registration see section 1905.01 above. For the form of certification for original certificates of recordation of documents see section 1907.01 above.
3)
Certification of a deposit in a format different from the original. A special certification is required when the reproduction is not exact, e.g. a cassette tape is made from a phonorecord, a photograph is made of a three-dimensional object, a copy is reduced in size from the original deposit, or a copy is made of only part of a larger work (preface only of a book or five pages of a twenty-page document). Such a certificate is issued under the name and title of the
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