Successful domain registration via RCP or XML API or REST API requires:

• two or more nameservers or a nameserver group
• Administrative contact must be private person.
• Latvian registrants need their identification number - Latvia Personal Code (private individuals) or company registration number and VAT number (companies).
  • personal code for Latvian natural persons/private individuals in the following format:
  • YYMMDD-CNNNN where first 6 digits form a birth date of the individual, and the first one after the hyphen, C, stands for a century: 0 for XIX, 1 for XX and 2 for those born in XXI century;
  • 32NNNN[-]NNNNN: from July 2017, a new format of personal code became available, containing eleven digits, first two being 32 and having an optional - after the first six digits.

Always indicate real data of registrant, avoid setting ZIP as '000000', address as 'german german', always use real and correct state, province, city. Do not set fake data to avoid domain revocation. If you use fake data registry may suspend your domain until registry receive real documents proving your ID. Domain owner will receive email notification in a case of fake data usage.

Please note: In case of false information, the registry can request the delation of the domain. In this case a refund will not be applicable.

IMPORTANT: Generic subdomain .edu.lv can be registered only by accredited educational institutions in Latvia. You can check this information at www.nic.lv/en/generic-subdomains

Successful domain transfer via RCP or XML API or REST API requires:

• authorisation code
• two or more nameservers or a nameserver group

Additional notes on a .lv transfer

• A domain name may not be transferred in the same month as its registration or the month afterwards. A domain name may not be transferred within the first month after its renewal.
• The transfer code is valid for 7 days only.
• Transfer is automatically approved after 5 days if not rejected by the current registrar or the domain holder. The transfer will be immediately approved if the current registrar approves the transfer explicitly.
• The registry will not send an e-mail to the domain contacts after the transfer finishes.

• External authorization code request - via RCP (Reseller Control Panel) or XML API or REST API 

Owner change (trade)

• Requested as a normal domain update via RCP or XML API or REST API
• Processed realtime
• The registry will send an e-mail to the domain contacts after the transfer finishes.

Other update

• requested via RCP or  XML API or REST API
• processed realtime

Delete

Explicit delete

• Requested via RCP or XML API or REST API
  • After sending a delete request, the registry will send to the domain owner an e-mail, asking him if he wants to take over the management of the domain. If he does not do that within 3 working days, the registry will remove the domain from the zone file.
  • After 30 more days, the domain becomes available again.
  • If a recently registered domain name is deleted before it has been billed to the registrar (normally within the first 60 days), the registry will not delete the domain immediately but mark it 'auto-expire' after the first year of registration.

• In order to delete the domain name, the registry has to receive a written (signed) request from the holder of the domain name.
• Application forms website : www.nic.lv/en/application-forms
• If the registry did not receive the payment for the right to use the domain, the domain name will be deleted in accordance with the policy for acquisition of the right to use the domain names under the TLD .lv.

Restore / reactivate

• If the registrant has chosen to take over the management of the domain name, he can choose to transfer the domain to Openprovider again.
• If the domain was not taken over and is still in its 30 days "locked" period, please contact us and include the domain name and approval on the €25 reactivation fee in your request. Restoring a .LV domain is a manual process and can take a day before it is processed at the registry.