.LAW

.LAW
Overview
Introduced	2015
Category	Professions
Registry	NEUSTAR
IDN Capable	Yes
Dispute Policy	ICANN Rules
Webpage	Register .LAW
Legal Information
Legal	Eligibility Criteria

Registrant Eligibility Requirements and Use

In order to be eligible to register (and continue to be a registrant of) a domain name in .LAW, the registrant must be a Qualified Lawyer. For the purposes of this Eligibility Policy, a Qualified Lawyer is a professional who is licensed to practice law by an approved regulator of legal services in a given jurisdiction.

A Qualified Lawyer must be identifiable as a currently licensed practitioner in the public records kept by the relevant approved regulator. Therefore, using a registrar proxy or privacy service or any other service having an equivalent effect are prohibited.

More information on the eligibility criteria for registering a .LAW domain may be found here.

Optional Information For Registration and Use of a .LAW Domain

At the point of registration or shortly after registration, the following fields may be provided for .ABOGADO registrations. Please note that as of January 7th, 2019, these fields will no longer be required.

• The name of their Regulator
• The date of their registration with their Regulator
• The reference number of their registration with their Regulator
• The jurisdiction of their Regulator

Registry

TLD	-
Registry	Neustar
Dispute Policy	Rules
Registrar	1api GmbH
WHOIS-Update	Real-Time
Min. Characters	2
Max. Characters	63
Character Set	Letters and numbers Hyphens ("-"), however not at the beginning or directly in front of the TLD IDN: allowed
Limitations	Registrant Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1 Admin Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1 Tech Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1 Billing Contacts: Required: 0 / Maximum: 1
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IDN capable	Yes
Restore capable	Real-Time
Handle Updates	Supported
Registration System	Real-Time
Allowed number of NS	0 to 13
Registry Nameservercheck	No
Host IP-Addresses Type	IPv4 / IPv6
Hosts managed as	Object
SEC DNS Interface	DS data interface
Transferclass	Pull
Transfer Periods	1Y
Transfer Authcode required	Yes
Transfer Real-Time	No
Transfer Pending Period	5 days
Transfer Expire Action	ACK
Transfer ACK by	Registrar
Transfer NACK by	Registrar
Transfer Lock	Yes
Owner Change by	ICANN-TRADE

Periods

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Registration Periods	1-10 years
Add Grace Period	0 days
Accounting Period	-5 days
Finalization Period	1 day
Failure Period	44 days
Payment Period	-61 days
Deletion Restorable Period	30 days
Deletion Hold Period	5 days
Explicit Renewals	Yes
Renewal Periods	1-9 years

API

Domain Registration

Domains can be registered in Real-Time with the API AddDomain command.

command = AddDomain
domain  = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
admincontact0 = (CONTACT)
techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1 = (NAMESERVER)
x-law-accept-highly-regulated-tac = 1

OPTIONAL

x-registrant-qualified-lawyer-accreditation-id = (ACCREDITATION-ID)
x-registrant-qualified-lawyer-accreditation-body = (ACCREDITATION-BODY)
x-registrant-qualified-lawyer-accreditation-year = (ACCREDITATION-YEAR)
x-registrant-qualified-lawyer-jurisdiction-cc = (COUNTRYCODE)
x-registrant-qualified-lawyer-jurisdiction-state = (STATE)
auth = (TEXT) | (NULL)
period = (PERIOD)
transferlock = 0 | 1 | (NULL)

Domain Transfer

The transfer has to be initiated by the gaining registrar and can be requested with the API TransferDomain command.
A valid Authorization Code must be provided to initiate a transfer successfully. You may obtain the authorization code from the losing registrar.
As soon as a domain transfer has been initiated it can either be approved ("ACK") by Registrar or denied ("NACK") by Registrar. If the registry receives neither a denial ("NACK") nor an approval ("ACK") the transfer will be ACKed after 5 days.

command = TransferDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

auth = (TEXT)

OPTIONAL

period = (PERIOD)
transferlock = 0 | 1 | (NULL)
action = REQUEST | APPROVE | DENY | CANCEL | USERTRANSFER

Delete Domain

Domains can be deleted with the API DeleteDomain command.
There is a Deletion Restorable Period of 30 days and a following Deletion Hold Period of 5 days.

command = DeleteDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

Restore Domain

Restores can be processed in realtime. A restore is possible within 30 days upon deletion. Please use the command RestoreDomain.

command = RestoreDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

OPTIONAL

subuser = (TEXT)
renewalmode = (NULL) | (TEXT)

Ownerchange

All contact information with the exception of registrant Name, Firstname and Organisation can be updated through the ModifyDomain command.
In order to change the owner you have to request a trade with the TradeDomain command. This can be done through our web interface or through our API:

command = TradeDomain
domain = <DOMAIN>
ownercontact0 = <CONTACT>

command = ModifyDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
x-law-accept-highly-regulated-tac = 1

TLD specific

X-LAW-ACCEPT-HIGHLY-REGULATED-TAC

X-LAW-ACCEPT-HIGHLY-REGULATED-TAC=1: The confirmation that the registrant is qualified to register a .LAW domain by meeting the eligibility criteria (provided here) and that they guarantee that the information provided for their registration is true and accurate.

Additionally the following information is optional, and will no longer be required as of January 7th, 2019:
x-registrant-qualified-lawyer-accreditation-id = (ACCREDITATION-ID)
x-registrant-qualified-lawyer-accreditation-body = (ACCREDITATION-BODY)
x-registrant-qualified-lawyer-accreditation-year = (ACCREDITATION-YEAR)
x-registrant-qualified-lawyer-jurisdiction-cc = (COUNTRYCODE)
x-registrant-qualified-lawyer-jurisdiction-state = (STATE)

Authorization code

There are special requirements regarding the format of the authorization code. Please consider the following restrictions, if you want to assign a new authorization code to a domain:

• Minimum 8 characters
• having at least one (1) numeric,
• one (1) alphabetic, and
• one (1) special character

You may generate a valid random auth code by adding this parameter to the ModifyDomain command:

command = ModifyDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

generaterandomauth = 1

RegistrarOC

Restore Process

To restore a domain as a RegistrarOC customer, you simply have to execute the RestoreDomain command. HEXONET directly forwards the restore request to the registry, which performs the restore in real-time. As soon as the restore is complete, the domain will get assigned to your account with the original domain data.

Please do not initiate a restore directly at the registry (e.g. using the registrar webinterface). All restore operations must be performed through our system.