17 U.S.C. § 709
Delay in delivery caused by disruption of postal or other services
United States · Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS · Status: effective
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- 17 U.S.C. § 709, Delay in delivery caused by disruption of postal or other services, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/448536
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In any case in which the Register of Copyrights determines, on the basis of such evidence as the Register may by regulation require, that a deposit, application, fee, or any other material to be delivered to the Copyright Office by a particular date, would have been received in the Copyright Office in due time except for a general disruption or suspension of postal or other transportation or communications services, the actual receipt of such material in the Copyright Office within one month after the date on which the Register determines that the disruption or suspension of such services has terminated, shall be considered timely.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- An Act for the general revision of the Copyright Law, title 17 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally