Category | Search fees | Review fees | Duplication fees |
(1) Commercial Use | Yes | Yes | Yes. |
(2) Educational Institution and Non-Commercial Scientific Institution | No | No | Yes (100 pages or 1 disc free). |
(3) News Media | No | No | Yes (100 pages or 1 disc free). |
(4) All other | Yes (2 hours free) | No | Yes (100 pages or 1 disc free). |
Activity | Fees |
(i) Duplication of standard size (81/2" x 11"; 81/2" x 14") paper records or records on electronic media | Paper records: $0.15 per page. Electronic media: $3.00 per each compact disc (CD) or digital versatile disc (DVD). |
(ii) Duplication of non-paper items (e.g., x-rays), paper records which are not of a standard size (e.g., architectural drawings/construction plans or EKG tracings) | Direct cost to VA. |
(iii) Record search by manual (non-automated) methods | Hourly wage of the employee(s), plus 16 percent. |
(iv) Record search using automated methods, such as by computer | Direct cost to VA. |
(v) Record review (for Commercial Use Requesters only) | Hourly rate of employees performing review to determine whether to release records and to prepare them for release, plus 16 percent. |
(vi) Other activities, such as: Attesting under seal or certifying that records are true copies; sending records by special methods; forwarding mail; compiling and providing special reports, drawings, specifications, statistics, lists, abstracts or other extracted information; generating computer output; providing files under court process where the Federal Government is not a party to, and does not have an interest in, the litigation | Direct cost to VA. |
Note to paragraph (g)(1): VA will charge fees consistent with the salary scale published by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
38 C.F.R. §1.561