Country extension · Malta
.com.mt domain name
What you need to know about .com.mt: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .com.mt
- Country
- Malta
- Registry
- nic.org.mt
- Registration period
- 1 year, 4 years, 9 years or 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 2 years
- Domain name length
- 3 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- up to 3 working days
- Transfer time
- immediately
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- no
- Number of nameservers
- 2 to 4
Features
- DNSSEC: no
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- Special characters: no
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .com.mt?
- You must have the right to use the name as a full trademark or as a trade or company name under Maltese law.
Documents
- During registration, the registrant of the domain name must sign a document. You'll receive this document from the registrar once your registration request has been submitted.
Good to know when registering
- The registration isn't complete until the registrant has signed the document sent to them.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- You can change the registrant of a .com.mt domain name.
- When the registrant changes, the domain name's expiry date stays the same.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- A .com.mt domain name is renewed as early as 6 weeks before its expiry date. If you want to cancel, keep this earlier date in mind.
- You can't have a .com.mt domain name deleted straight away. To cancel, you don't renew the domain name, so that it expires.
- Once a .com.mt domain name has expired or been deleted, you can't get it back.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website nic.org.mt
- Registry whois nic.org.mt
- Registry terms and conditions nic.org.mt
Compiled from the registry's rules. Registries sometimes change their rules; if in doubt, the registry's terms take precedence. Updated on 11/11/2026.