An electrostatic recording material, such as a dielectric coated paper and a paper for transfer of an electrostatic image, having a dielectric layer comprising a copolymer which comprises about 15 to 70 mol% of methacrylic acid and about 85 to 30 mol% of a methacrylate or acrylate and which contains free carboxylic acid groups, and a process for producing the electrostatic recording material comprising coating a water-soluble or -emulsifiable ammonium or amine salt of the copolymer on a support and drying the coated support.