To register a domain name under .lv , you have to read rules concerning domain name registration, check if your selected domain name is not already registered by someone else and then fill in an on-line domain name registration form. There is no written agreement to sign for registration. After domain has been registered you will receive an invoice that has to be paid.

By submitting domain name registration form you enter into an electronic agreement with the Registry. The agreement comes into force when the Registry accepts the registration of the domain name.

Domain names can be registered by any person. There are no limitations how many domain names a Registrant may register

There is no local presence required to register a domain name under .lv - Registrants may be foreigners. Local domain name hosting also is not required.

In the domain name registration form you have to provide your personal information - name of your company, its registration and VAT number, legal and postal address. If you register domain name as a natural person, you have to indicate your personal ID number. You also have to provide contact information of representatives - first name, last name, address, phone and fax number, e-mail address of the administrative, billing and technical contact persons.

Please use our WHOIS service. Please note that personal data are excluded from the whois results.

An annual fee for domain name registration and renewal is EUR 10.50.

It is possible to pay by bank transfer, by our online payment system. On-line we accept VISA and EC/MC cards. For local Registrants it is possible to pay also in cash at: NIC, DNS Registry Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science Raina bulv. 29 Riga. LV-1459 LATVIA phone +371 67085858, fax +371 67225072, e-mail dns@nic.lv

It is possible to use the domain name after you have received an e-mail confirming domain name pre-registration. In order to use the domain name you have to provide technical information.

If the invoice issued for the domain registration is not paid within the time limit prescribed in the invoice, there is a reminder e-mail sent to one of the contact persons' e-mail addresses. If Registry does not receive the payment within 14 days from the day the reminder e-mail was sent, domain is deleted from .lv zone. It is available for re-registration after a 30-days hold period.

To establish a zone for your domain name you have to have 2 different domain name servers, that is - servers that support your domain name records and are able to transfer them to any other domain name server on the Internet. If you have server which supports homepage or e-mail services with your new domain name you should choose second option in the registration form - Individual host and/or Mail exchanger registration where you would indicate the name for your homepage or mail server.

You can register a .lv domain name also without knowing where you will host it. In such case do not provide technical information. Your domain name will be registered to point to special homepage for inactive domain names. You will have a possibility to provide technical information later.

You can change contact persons, DNS servers or IP addresses for your domain name by sending us an e-mail from the e-mail address of the current domain name contact person, or you can use On-line system to make all necessary updates.

Changing domain name holder is a seriuos act, therefore . The current holder of the domain name has to send a signed letter to the Registry, confirming domain name transfer. This letter should be sent to:

NIC, DNS Registry
Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science
Raina bulv. 29
Riga LV-1459
LATVIA

In order to become a .lv registrar, you must sign a contract with the Registry, namely, the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia. The registrar is responsible for the payment and name servers for the domains in its management.

A contract for the intermediary services of registering domain names can be signed free of charge and with no advance payment.

The number of domain names managed by the registrar is of no importance. In order to enter a contract and become a .lv registrar, it is not necessary to have registered .lv domain names.

At the moment, NIC provides registrars with the ability to register domain names in an online system, by filling out a form. Unlike for any other person, the form completion procedure has been simplified for registrars. The registrar only has to specify the data of the domain name user and contact-person. The rest of the data will automatically be added to the form.

A domain name that has been registered by a registrar will be activated in the time span of 30 minutes.

Up to the fifth work day of the month, the registry prepares and sends a bill to the registrar, which includes:

• the fee for the rights to use the domain names registered in the past month;
• the fee for the extension of the rights to use for those domain names whose paid term of use ends during the month of the bill’s preparation.

Discounts are calculated based on the contract’s appendix titled, “Fees and terms of payment.” The percentage of discounts depends on the number of domain names managed by the registrar.

In the NIC client online system, NIC24, the registrar can refuse to extend the period of the rights of use, if payment for it is included in the current bill. The registrar, in making changes to the domain name contact-person data, can resign from its status as a registrar. In this case, the domain name user becomes responsible for payment for the domain name.

For the domain names registered by the registrar its default name servers are indicated automatically. Therefore, to the domain names managed by the registrar in the NIC database, only NS entries can be indicated. Other necessary entries can be kept in the servers of the registrar.

The transfer of a domain name from one registrar to another is free of cost.

One must address the chosen registrar and enter into a contract regarding domain name registration services. Further formalities with NIC will be settled by the registrar in its client’s name.