General
- Extension
- .law
- Type
- New extension
- Meaning
- Law
- Registry
- Registry Services, LLC
- Registry website
- nic.law
- Registered since
- 18 June 2015
- ICANN agreement
- since 22 January 2015
Properties
- DNSSEC signed
- yes
- Name servers
- 6 (6 with IPv6)
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.law
- RDAP server
- rdap.nic.law
- At 1blu
- on request via kissdomain
Registration conditions
- Who may register?
- Only members of the legal professions who are licensed to practise law by a competent body (according to the registry). The requirement must be met at registration and at every renewal.
- Length
- 1 to 63 characters per label.
- Characters
- a–z, 0–9 and hyphen. No hyphen at the beginning or end and not in positions 3 and 4. IDN names follow the registry's IDN rules (the ACE form starts with xn--).
- Registrant data
- True and complete information. Changes must be reported to the registrar within 14 days. Registry queries about the data must be answered within 14 days.
- Term
- 1 to 10 years, in one-year steps.
- Transfer
- A change of registrar is locked for the first 60 days after registration or the last transfer.
- After expiry
- 45-day auto-renew grace period, then 30 days redemption (restore possible), followed by 5 days pending delete.
- Blocked names
- Among others example, nic, rdds, www, whois, country names and protected names of international organisations.
- Disputes
- ICANN Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP).
The registry's current rules are binding: nic.law.
Sources: GoDaddy Registry: Registration Policy 1.2 (March 2026) · GoDaddy Registry: .law Eligibility Policy 1.0 · ICANN Transfer Policy · ICANN UDRP · IANA Root Zone Database: .law · As of 25 October 2026