🇱🇻 .lv — Latvia

The .lv is a country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) operated by Network Information Centre (NIC), Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia. This article documents the technical, operational, and contractual requirements for the TLD, along with special considerations for registry, registrar, and domain management.

General Information

Property	Value
TLD Type	ccTLD
Registry	Network Information Centre (NIC), Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia
Registry Country	Latvia
Registry Website	www.nic.lv
Provisioning Protocol	EPP
Second-Level Registration	✅ Yes
Accreditation Required	✅ Yes

Domain Lifecycle

Property	Value
Registration Period	1 year
Renewal Period	1 year
Transfer Renewal Period	1 year
Deletion Policy	Immediate
Auto-Renew Enabled	❌ No
Auto-Renewal Before Expiry	On expiration
Sync After Operations	registration, transfer

Grace periods

Period	Duration
Add Grace Period	0 days
Standard Grace Period	30 days
Redemption Period	0 days
Pending Restore	0 days
Pending Delete	0 days

Launch Phases & Availability

Property	Value
General Availability	✅ TLD is live
TMCH / Trademark Claims	❌ No

Domain Characteristics

Property	Value
Domain Length	2–63 characters
IDN Support	❌ No
Premium Domains	❌ No
Reserved Domains	❌ No
Registry Lock	❌ No

Contacts & Roles

Property	Value
Required Contacts	Domain Owner, Administrator
Supported Roles	Domain Owner, Administrator
Thick WHOIS	✅ Yes
Privacy Proxy Allowed	❌ No
Contacts Transferable	❌ No
Allowed Postal Types	Local
AuthInfo Required	✅ Yes (12–63 characters)

Nameservers & DNS

Property	Value
Nameserver Count	2–5
Host Objects Allowed	❌ No
Registry Nameserver Check	✅ Yes
DNSSEC Allowed	✅ Yes
DNSSEC Required	❌ No
DNSSEC Mode	DS
CZDS (Zone Download)	❌ No

Transfer Policy

Property	Value
Transfer Lock Enabled	✅ Yes (60 days after registration; 60 days after transfer)
Transfer Duration	5 days
Transfer Extends Domain	✅ Yes (+1 year)
Transfer via AuthInfo	✅ Yes
Confirmation Required	✅ Yes (Both parties)

WHOIS & RDAP

Property	Value
WHOIS Server	`whois.nic.lv`

Dispute Resolution

Property	Value
Dispute Resolution Available	❌ No

Contact Attributes

.lv registrations carry two registry-specific contact attributes beyond the standard EPP fields. They identify the registrant (holder) of the domain:

Attribute	Type	Required	Applies to	Allowed values
`NIC_LV_REG_NR`	String	➖ Conditional	Registrant	Registration number, 3-20 characters (letters, digits and `#:./-`)
`NIC_LV_VAT_NR`	String	➖ Conditional	Registrant	VAT number, 3-20 characters (letters, digits and `#:./-`)

NIC_LV_REG_NR holds a registration number: a personal code for a natural person, or a company registration number for a legal entity.
NIC_LV_VAT_NR holds a VAT number.

Which attribute is required depends on the registrant:

Registrant	Required attribute
Latvian (natural person or legal entity)	`NIC_LV_REG_NR`
Foreign EU legal entity	`NIC_LV_VAT_NR`
Foreign non-EU	none

These constraints are machine-readable: each possible_attributes entry returned by GET /v1/tlds/lv carries its own type, required, and contact_roles fields.

Contact roles

A .lv domain is managed with a registrant and an administrative contact. Two role rules apply:

the administrative contact must be a natural person (no org);
when the registrant is a natural person, the administrative contact must reference the same contact as the registrant.

⚠️ Reusing one contact for every role? When the registrant is a natural person, the admin has to be that same contact:

{
  "type": "policy-validation-error",
  "title": "Policy Validation Error",
  "status": 422,
  "code": "ERROR_POLICY_VALIDATION",
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "When the .lv holder is a natural person, the administrative contact must be the same contact as the registrant",
      "pointer": "contacts.admin"
    }
  ],
  "detail": "Policy validation failed"
}

Transfers

On an inbound transfer the registrant and administrative contact are preserved as they already are on the domain — they cannot be set in the transfer request:

the registrant cannot be changed through a transfer or a domain update;
the administrative contact is kept during the transfer. When the registrant is an organization, the admin is a separate individual and can be changed with a domain update afterwards. When the registrant is a natural person, the admin is the same contact as the registrant, so it changes only when the registrant changes.

The billing and technical contacts are managed automatically and are set when the transfer completes; they are not part of the transfer request.

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