{"identifier":"/us/usc/t17/s204","title":17,"num":"\u00a7\u202f204.","heading":"Execution of transfers of copyright ownership","text":"\u00a7\u202f204.\nExecution of transfers of copyright ownership\n(a) A transfer of copyright ownership, other than by operation of law, is not valid unless an instrument of conveyance, or a note or memorandum of the transfer, is in writing and signed by the owner of the rights conveyed or such owner\u2019s duly authorized agent.\n(b) A certificate of acknowledgement is not required for the validity of a transfer, but is prima facie evidence of the execution of the transfer if\u2014\n(1) in the case of a transfer executed in the United States, the certificate is issued by a person authorized to administer oaths within the United States; or\n(2) in the case of a transfer executed in a foreign country, the certificate is issued by a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States, or by a person authorized to administer oaths whose authority is proved by a certificate of such an officer.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t17/s204.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t17/s204","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f204."},{"t":"heading","text":"Execution of transfers of copyright ownership"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t17/s204/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" A transfer of copyright ownership, other than by operation of law, is not valid unless an instrument of conveyance, or a note or memorandum of the transfer, is in writing and signed by the owner of the rights conveyed or such owner\u2019s duly authorized agent.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t17/s204/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" A certificate of acknowledgement is not required for the validity of a transfer, but is prima facie evidence of the execution of the transfer if\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t17/s204/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" in the case of a transfer executed in the United States, the certificate is issued by a person authorized to administer oaths within the United States; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t17/s204/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" in the case of a transfer executed in a foreign country, the certificate is issued by a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States, or by a person authorized to administer oaths whose authority is proved by a certificate of such an officer.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}