General
- Extension
- .nrw
- Type
- Regional extension
- Meaning
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Registry
- Minds + Machines GmbH
- Registry website
- mindsandmachines.com
- Registered since
- 29 May 2014
- ICANN agreement
- since 21 November 2013
Properties
- DNSSEC signed
- yes
- Name servers
- 8 (8 with IPv6)
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.nrw
- RDAP server
- rdap.nic.nrw
- At 1blu
- available to order directly
Registration conditions
- Who may register?
- Natural persons resident in North Rhine-Westphalia, self-employed persons and freelancers with a place of business there, and companies and organisations with a seat or branch in NRW (according to the registry, by postcode area).
- 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: mindsandmachines.com.
Sources: GoDaddy Registry: Registration Policy 1.2 (March 2026) · GoDaddy Registry: .nrw Eligibility Policy 1.0 · ICANN Transfer Policy · ICANN UDRP · IANA Root Zone Database: .nrw · As of 25 October 2026
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