US

 

IDN capable

No

Handle Updates

Supported

Registration Period

1 to 10 years

Add Grace Period

4 days

Autorenew Grace Period

44 days

Deletion Timeframe

44 days

Registration System

Real-Time

WHOIS-Server

whois.nic.us

WHOIS-Update

12 to 15 hours

Registry

http://www.afilias.info

Dispute Policy

http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp-rules-24oct99.htm

Zone Info

.US is the official country code Top-Level-Domain (ccTLD) of the United States.

Zone Use

A .US Domain can be used and registered by anyone or any corporations who comply with the registration guidelines (see Restrictions).

Characters

* Minimum: 3
* Maximum: 63
* Letters and numbers
* Hyphens ("-"), however not at the beginning or directly in front of the TLD

Domain Registration

.US domains can be registered online through webinterface or API, however some special parameters are requiered.

;x-us-nexus-apppurpose: Enter one of the following purposes.
:* ''P1'' - Business use for profit
:* ''P2'' - Non-profit business, club, association, religious organization, etc.
:* ''P3'' - Personal use
:* ''P4'' - Education purposes
:* ''P5'' - Government purposes

;x-us-nexus-category:
:* A natural person,
:** ''C11'' - Who is a United States citizen.
:** ''C12'' - Who is a permanent resident of the United States of America or any of its posessions or territories.
:* A U.S. Organization incorporated within one of the fifty (50) U.S. States, the District of Columbia, or any of the U.S. Possessions or territories or organized or otherwise constituted under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or any of its possessions or territories or a U.S. Federal, state, or local government entity or a political subdivision thereof.
:** ''C21'' - U.S. Organization incorporated within one of the 50 states or a U.S. Territory
:* An entity or organization that has a bona fide presence in the United States of America or any of its possessions or territories.
:** ''C31'' - Regularly engages in lawful activities (sales of goods or services or other business, commercial or non-commercial, including not-for-profit relations in the United States).
:** ''C32'' - Entity has an office or other facility in the US.

;x-us-nexus-validator:Specify the two-letter country-code of the registrant ''(if Nexus Category is either C31 or C32)''.

For further information see the .US Nexus Requirements.

Change of Registrant

Registrant changes for .US domains can be done online via api or webinterface.
 [COMMAND]
     command       = ModifyDomain
     domain        = yourdomain.us
     ownercontact0 =
 EOF

Domain Renewal

.US domains can be renewed through the webinterface or with the corresponding API command.
 [COMMAND]
     command    = RenewDomain
     domain     = yourdomain..us
     period     =
     expiration =
 EOF

Deletion Process

.US Domains can be deleted online through the Delete Command.

Restrictions

A .US Domain can only be registered by any U.S. citizen or resident, as well as any business or organization, including federal, state, and local government with a bona fide presence in the United States.

One of the following eligibility requirements must be met:

* A natural person
# who is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States of America or any of its possessions or territories or
# whose primary place of domicile is in the United States of America or any of its possessions, or

* Any entity or organization that is
# incorporated within one of the fifty (50) U.S. states, the District of Columbia, or any of the United States possessions or territories or
# organized or otherwise constituted under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, or any of its possessions or territories, or

* An entity or organization (including federal, state, or local government of the United States, or a political subdivision thereof) that has a bona fide presence in the United States. ''See Section B.3.1 of the NeuStar proposal to the Department of Commerce for details concerning what constitutes a "bona fide presence".''

Transfers

.US Domain-Transfers are possible. Upon successfully transfering a domain, it is automatically renewed for one year. The registration period is extended by one year.

Transfer procedure

.US Domain-Transfers can either be processed through the RRPproxy WebInterface or API.

Transfer notes

* A .US Domain Transfer must be initiated with a so-called "Authorisation Code", which can be obtained from the current registrar through the owner or Admin-C of the domain.
* Please ensure, that you have a correct "Authorisation Code" associated with the domain, before initiating the transfer, otherwise it will fail.
* Ensure that your respective domain does not have a lock-status (REGISTRAR-LOCK or HOLD). This can be seen in the WHOIS. If the domain is locked, then the owner can demand that this be unlocked.
* Initiate the transfer on time and not just shortly before the domain expires.
* Please ensure that the domain is older than 60 days otherwise the transfer will be denied.
* Please note that you need a signed request from the registrant before you initiate the transfer.

Transfer time

The transfer of a .US domain will usually take 5-10 days.

Restores

Restores of .US domains are possible within 30 days upon a domain's deletion. If you want to restore a .US domain please contact our technical support at support@rrpproxy.net