The work meets one of the following criteria:

a) a work of known authorship and the author died before January 1, 1941

b) an anonymous work and it was published before January 1, 1941

c) a photograph or a work of applied art published before January 1, 1966

A source should be included so that the status can be verified.

After this date, use the templates for the Yugoslavian successor states: {{PD-Slovenia}}, {{PD-Croatia}}, {{PD-Bosnia and Herzegovina}}, {{PD-Macedonia}}, {{PD-Montenegro}} or {{PD-Serbia}}.