20 CFR 402.155 - Fees to be charged—categories of requests.
Code of Federal Regulations - Title 20: Employees' Benefits (2010)
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Title 20: Employees' Benefits
CHAPTER III: SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
PART 402: AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION AND RECORDS TO THE PUBLIC
402.155 - Fees to be charged?categories of requests.
Paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section state, for each category of request, the type of fees that we will generally charge. However, for each of these categories, the fees may be limited, waived, or reduced for the reasons given below or for other reasons.
(a) Commercial use request. If your request is for a commercial use, we will charge you the costs of search, review, and duplication.
(b) Educational and scientific institutions and news media. If you are an educational institution or a non-commercial scientific institution, operated primarily for scholarly or scientific research, or a representative of the news media, and your request is not for a commercial use, we will charge you only for the duplication of documents. Also, we will not charge you the copying costs for the first 100 pages of duplication.
(c) Other requesters. If your request is not the kind described by paragraph (a) or (b) of this section, then we will charge you only for the search and the duplication. Also, we will not charge you for the first two hours of search time or for the copying costs of the first 100 pages of duplication.
