TLD Information


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 (Min.3, Max.63)
Letter and numbers, hyphens "-", however not at the beginning or directly infront of the TLD.
Registration period
1 to 10 Years
Add Grace Period
4 Days (Add grace period is the period in which you can delete a domain and receive the refund of costs involved.)
Autorenew Grace Period
44 Days (The autorenew grace period is the period in which your domains will get autorenewed without an immediate debit of the respective costs. During the autorenew grace period you still have the possibility of deleting the domain.)
Deletion process
Is the process necessary for you to complete a domain deletion:

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

Deletion timeframe
This refers to the deletion period in which your domain deletion command must be received by, in order not to have the domain renewed and charged accordingly:

Within the autorenew grace period

IDN capable
Not offered at this point in time.
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 (i) who is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States of America or any of its possessions or territories or (ii) 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 (ii) 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.“
Registry
NeuStar Inc.
Dispute Policy
http://www.neustar.us/policies/docs/usdrp.pdf, http://www.neustar.us/policies/docs/nexus_dispute_policy.pdf
WHOIS-Update
12-15 hours
WHOIS-Server
whois.nic.us
Registration System
Real-Time
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 us WebInterface or API.

- 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 note that you need a signed request from the registrant before you initiate the transfer.
Transfer notes
a.) Please ensure, that you have a correct "Authorisation Code" associated with the domain, before initiating the transfer, otherwise it will fail.

b.) 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.

c.) Initiate the transfer on time and not just shortly before the domain expires.

d.) Please ensure that the domain is older than 60 days otherwise the transfer will be denied.
Transfer time
5-10 days