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.hr

This article describes the procedures and requirements of .hr domain names.
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Registration

Successful domain registration requires:

  • Registrant requirement:
    • For private individual
      • private individuals from Republic of Croatia having OIB (personal identification number) in the handle*
    • For companies
      • legal entities registered in the Republic of Croatia (trading companies, associations, political parties and other organizations with legal existence)
      • branch offices of foreign companies as well as legal entities from EU with a valid VAT number in the handle
  • Two or more nameservers or a nameserver group
  • .hr domains are registered manually and hence registration requests aren't processed real-time. As long as all the requirements are fulfilled, the registration normally doesn't take more than 2-3working days. 


* When register the domain for a private individual, make sure to insert the OIB numbers (without 'OIB') in the field "Passport number" in the handle of the registrant.

Transfer

Successful domain transfer requires:

  • registrant requirement:
    • For private individual
      • private individuals from Republic of Croatia having OIB (personal identification number) in the handle*
    • For companies
      • legal entities registered in the Republic of Croatia (trading companies, associations, political parties and other organizations with legal existence)
      • branch offices of foreign companies as well as legal entities from EU with a valid VAT number in the handle
  • two or more nameservers or a nameserver group
  • owner/registrant contact in the transfer request needs to match the data in the registry (whois data). An owner/registrant change would need to be done before or after the transfer.

* When register the domain for a private individual, make sure to insert the OIB numbers (without 'OIB') in the field "Passport number" in the handle of the registrant.


Important: After the request is placed, the current registrant will receive an email from the registry with a link to click on to confirm the transfer which needs to be confirmed in order to finish the transfer.

Authorization code required no
Method of confirmation email
Registration period after transfer restarts
Average transfer time 7 days
Advanced and simple transfers available Contact our Sales department to check if easy transfer of 100 or more .hr domains is available.
Outgoing transfer

Request transfer at the new provider/registrar. The receiving registrar contacts the registry and they send an email to the domain owner email address.

Update

Owner change (trade)

Trade is not supported.

Other update

All .hr domain updates involves a fee. This is including changing nameservers, or just a telephone number in the owner data. Please refer to Detailed domains pricing for pricing information.  

Deletion / Restore

Delete

Restore / reactivate

.hr domains can not be restored once deleted / expired

Detailed extension information
Registry
Technical information
  • Available second level domains: .com.hr
  • DNSSEC support: yes
  • Registration period: 1
  • Renewal date offset: 35 days
    The number of days before the registry's expiration date, that Openprovider requires the domain to be renewed or expired. More info.
    Note that the dates as shown in your Openprovider account are always leading, even if they do not match the renewal date offset mentioned here.
  • Soft quarantine period: n/a days
    During this period, following after an expiration, the domain can be restored for free. This period does not apply if the domain is deleted explicitly. More info.
  • Quarantine period: 0 days
    During this period, an expired or deleted domain name can be reactivated at an additional fee.
Restrictions
  • Local presence required? yes
  • Does Openprovider provide local presence services? no
  • Local activity required? no
  • Correct nameserver configuration required? no
  • Office/residence of the registrant in the EU required.
  • OIB (Croatian citizen) or VAT (EU company) is mandatory for registration.
  • Limited number of domains per registrant.
Policies
Registration agreement The registry requires that a registration agreement is in place between the provider and the domain holder. The text of this registration agreement and any required supplements is the following:

Due to the regular changes in registry rules and configuration or missing information from registry side, and despite our effort to keep our knowledge base up-to-date, information in the knowledge base may be outdated or incorrect. If you encounter some issue, please report it through the "HotJar" feedback collector on the bottom right, or (if it is blocked by your browser) by clicking the "Submit a request" link below. No rights can be derived from the information in this knowledge base. If there is discrepancy between the knowledge base and the process in Openprovider, the process in Openprovider is leading.

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