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Ch. 15
15.3.1
15.3.1
Part 15.3 TYPES OF CERTIFICATIONS
15.3.1
Additional Certificates (See topic 1.2.2.II.(b))
I.
Requests for additional certificates.
a.
Additional certificates are requested under a wide variety of names, of which the following are some of the most common:
1.
"Duplicate certificate"
2.
"Copy of record," or "certified copy of record"
3.
"Copy of registration" or "certified copy of registration"
4.
"Copy of copyright" or "certified copy of copyright"
5.
"Photostat of certificate," "certified photostat of your record" or "certified photostat of registration"
6.
"Copyright" (as in "I have lost my copyright and would like to obtain another")
b.
Where it is clear that what the applicant wants is an official document proving the existence of a particular copyright and showing the facts appearing in the record of copyright registration, it is genera1ly safe to send him an additional certificate.
1.
This is true even when the terminology used in the request is highly ambiguous, or refers to a "photostat" or "photocopy."
2.
A certified copy of an application does not have the same evidentiary value as an additional certificate. It should not be sent unless the applicant clearly wants it, and does not want an additional
certificate instead.