General
- Extension
- .lv
- Type
- Country-code extension
- Meaning
- Latvia
- Registry
- University of Latvia, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Network Solutions (DNS)
- Registry website
- www.nic.lv
- Registered since
- 29 April 1993
Properties
- DNSSEC signed
- yes
- Name servers
- 7 (6 with IPv6)
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.lv
- RDAP server
- none reported to IANA
- At 1blu
- on request via kissdomain
Registration conditions
- Who may register?
- Latvian companies, authorities and organisations, natural persons aged 18 or over and companies registered abroad.
- Length
- 2 to 63 characters.
- Characters
- Latin letters, digits and hyphen. No hyphen at the beginning or end. Latvian IDN names contain at least one diacritic.
- Term
- 1 to 5 years.
The registry's current rules are binding: www.nic.lv.
Sources: NIC.LV: Policy (as of 1 September 2023) · IANA Root Zone Database: .lv · As of 25 October 2026