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If a third party organization outside of the Social Security Administration (SSA)
would like to reproduce an SSA form or publication, the organization must receive
written approval from SSA prior to reproducing the item. Prior approval is required
if the organization intends to charge a fee.
Section 1140(a)(2) of the Social Security Act provides as follows:
"No person may, for a fee, reproduce, reprint, or distribute any item consisting of a
form, application, or other publication of the Social Security Administration unless
such person has obtained specific, written authorization for such activity in
accordance with regulations which the Commissioner of Social Security shall
prescribe."
Furthermore, SSA's regulation at 20 CFR 422.527 also requires prior approval:
“Any person, institution, or organization wishing to reproduce, reprint, or distribute
any application, form, or publication prescribed by the Administration must obtain
prior approval if he or she intends to charge a fee.  Requests for approval must be
in writing and include the reason or need for the reproduction, reprinting, or
distribution; the intended users of the application, form, or publication; the fee to
be charged; any proposed modification; the proposed format; the type of
machinery (e.g., printer, burster, mail handling), if any, for which the application,
form, or publication is being designed; estimated printing quantity; estimated
printing cost per thousand; estimated annual usage; and any other pertinent
information required by the Administration.  Forward all requests for prior approval
to:  Office of Publications Management, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD
21235-6401.”
How to Request Approval
To receive approval, the third party organization must first submit the following
information to SSA on company letterhead:
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The title and form number to be reproduced,
A summary of how the reproduced form will be used,
The services that the customer is receiving, if a fee is being charged,
The requesting organization's name and corporate address,
The requesting individual's name and address,
The requesting individual's area code and telephone number,
A reproduction of the form to be reviewed,
A description of how the organization intends to provide only the most upto-date edition of SSA forms.

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Requests should be forwarded to:
     Social Security Administration
     Forms Management Team
     Office of Publications and Management
     1334 Annex Building
     6401 Security Boulevard
     Baltimore, Maryland 21235
Upon consideration and review, the organization may be approved to reproduce
SSA forms on a case by case basis. At such time, the organization will be issued
a unique, identifying company code. The company code will be required to print
out on each page of the form in the lower left corner. If the approval process is not
completed, the organization's reproductions may not be accepted by SSA.
Once approved, the third party organization is responsible for resubmitting
reproductions when SSA forms are updated. Only current SSA forms may be
reproduced.

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