You can ask for it. If you know who the copyright owner is, you may contact the owner directly. If you are not certain about the ownership or have other related questions, you may wish to request that the Copyright Office conduct a search of its records or you may search. See the next question for more details. We can provide you with the information available in our records. A search of registrations, renewals, and recorded transfers of ownership made before requires a manual search of our files. Upon request, our staff will search our records, see Circular 4 Copyright Office fees.