Country extension · Costa Rica
.cr domain name
What you need to know about .cr: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .cr
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Registry
- nic.cr
- Registration period
- 1 to 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 2 years or 5 years
- Domain name length
- 2 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- up to 5 working days
- Transfer time
- 5 days
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Number of nameservers
- 2 to 9
- Quarantine after deletion
- 15 days
Features
- DNSSEC: yesYou can secure your domain name with DNSSEC.
- 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 .cr?
Additional details for registration
- If you register as an individual, you provide your passport or identity card number.
- If you register on behalf of a company or organisation, you provide its registration number from the trade register.
Documents
- In the event of a dispute over a change of registrant, you may be asked to provide proof of trademark rights, such as a trademark registration.
Transfer
Transferring a .cr
- Once the transfer has started, the current administrative contact must hand the domain name over to the new registrar at the registry.
- This handover must also set the new registrar as the administrative, technical and billing contact. Make sure your current domain manager cooperates with this, otherwise the transfer will get stuck.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- If a dispute arises during a change of registrant, proof of trademark rights may be needed to show that the name belongs to you.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- A .cr domain name can't be deleted straight away. If you want to get rid of it, let the domain name expire at the end of its term.
- Once the domain name has expired and been deleted, it can no longer be restored.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website nic.cr
- Registry whois dominios.cr
- Dispute resolution policy nic.cr
- Registry terms and conditions nic.cr
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.