There is no government 2257 form. The regulation says what a record must contain, not a form to fill in, and any format works as long as it holds the required information and stays indexed and retrievable.
Name yourself as the producer and choose which lines you need. The worksheet stays blank: you fill it in on your own copy, offline.
Where was the identification issued?
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What this worksheet is, and is not
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People call all of this "the 2257 paperwork", but the three documents answer to two different masters, and mixing them up is how producers end up arguing with an acquirer about a rule that was never federal.
The performer's legal name, every other name they have ever used, their date of birth, and the identification document that was examined. This is the part the federal rules are actually about, and it is what the worksheet above lays out.
Documented, signed consent from the performer to publish the specific content. Federal record-keeping does not ask for it; the card networks do, and a producer who takes card payments answers to both. Easy2257 sends it on every scene and will not let a scene close until every performer has signed.
Consent to record and to distribute, kept separate from the release because the networks treat recording and publishing as separate permissions. Age and identity verification is not consent, which is why this exists at all.
The card-network rules are covered in more detail in the Help Center.
28 CFR 75.2(a)(1) names what you hold for each performer: the legal name, every other name that performer has ever used, including maiden names, aliases and stage names, the date of birth, and a legible copy of the identification document that was examined.
75.2(a)(1)(iii) adds a copy of the depiction itself, and a copy of every address it is published at. That list keeps growing for as long as the content is online, so it is a living part of the record rather than something you finish once.
75.2(a)(2) and (a)(3) are the part people skip: the records have to be cross-referenced so a performer can be found from a depiction and a depiction from a performer. A shoebox of signed paper satisfies neither.
75.4 and 75.5 close it out: seven years from creation or last amendment, five years after the business ends, and available for inspection at the custodian address during business hours.
The role decides the paperwork. Performers, meaning anyone depicted, get the identity worksheet and the release. Photographers, videographers and crew are not depicted, so they do not carry a performer record; they get whatever agreements apply to their own work. Getting this wrong in either direction is expensive: a missing performer record is a federal problem, and a crew member filed as a performer puts an identity document in your custody that nobody needed you to hold.
No. The regulation specifies what information a record must contain, not a government form to fill in. Any format works as long as it holds the required information and is indexed and retrievable.
No. The federal record-keeping rules are about age and identity, and they do not ask for a release. The signed release requirement comes from the card networks, Mastercard AN 5196 and the Visa Integrity Risk Program, which want documented consent from the performer for the specific content before it is published. Producers who take card payments are held to both.
No, and for the same reason as the release. A photo and video consent document is a card-network requirement rather than a federal one. Age and identity verification is not consent, so the networks ask for the consent separately.
28 CFR 75.2(a)(1) names the performer's legal name, every other name that performer has ever used including maiden names, aliases and stage names, the date of birth, and a legible copy of the identification document that was examined. 75.2(a)(1)(iii) adds a copy of the depiction itself and a copy of every URL it is published at. 75.2(a)(2) and (a)(3) require the whole set to be cross-referenced so a performer can be found from a depiction and a depiction from a performer.
The producer, or a custodian of records the producer designates under 28 CFR 75.2(h). Records must stay available for inspection at the custodian's address during business hours under 75.5, and be kept for seven years from creation or last amendment under 75.4. Designating a custodian moves the address and the day-to-day custody. It does not move the producer's own liability, and the regulation says so in its own words.
This page provides general information about federal record-keeping requirements. It is not legal advice.