General
- Extension
- .pt
- Type
- Country-code extension
- Meaning
- Portugal
- Registry
- Associação DNS.PT
- Registry website
- www.dns.pt
- Registered since
- 30 June 1988
Properties
- DNSSEC signed
- yes
- Name servers
- 9 (9 with IPv6)
- WHOIS server
- whois.dns.pt
- RDAP server
- none reported to IANA
- At 1blu
- on request via kissdomain
Registration conditions
- Who may register?
- Via an accredited registrar or directly with .PT. The rules do not mention a residence requirement.
- Length
- 2 to 63 characters.
- Characters
- a–z, 0–9 and hyphen only as a separator, not at the beginning or end and not “--” in positions 3 and 4. IDN with Portuguese special characters.
- Geographical names
- Only for the responsible body.
- Disputes
- Arbitration via ARBITRARE.
The registry's current rules are binding: www.dns.pt.
Sources: .PT: Regras de registo 2026 · IANA Root Zone Database: .pt · As of 25 October 2026