.LV ccTLD

.LV is a ccTLD for Latvia.

Latvia is located in Northern Europe. It shares borders with Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus and maritime borders with Sweden. Latvia is known for their interesting wooden modern  architecture.In Latvia the primary used language is Latvian. The 6 most popular languages used for websites is english, german, russian, spanish, french and chinese.

There are more than 124,000 registered .lv domain names. The .lv ccTLD is active and gaining popularity since 1993. The .lv extension is a good way to represent a business in Latvia.

.lv can stand for Las Vegas, Louis Vuitton, Lord Voldemort...

Mandatory Requirements for .LV Domain Names

• The Domain Name may only contain numbers (0-9), dashes and Latin letters, and its combination,
• The Domain Name with capital and lowercase letters are not differentiated between;
• The Domain Name shall not start and end with a dash;
• The minimum number of symbols for Domain Name is 3 (three) and maximum - 63 (sixty-three).
• Other special characters, spaces or stressed vowels (such as à, é, ò, í) are not permitted.

.LV Domain activation

The domain name can be activated when the payment is complete and we have all the requested documents (including the payment confirmation). .lv domain names are available for 1 year(s). The domain registration time frame for .lv during general availability is 24 hours.

Any individual or legal entity are allowed to register a .lv domain.

Required Information in the Domain name registration Application

• Organization name (in the case of a company)
• First Name
• Last Name
• Legal Address
• Country
• City
• Zip code
• Phone Number
• Email address
• Name servers (can be used the default servers as well)

Notice: If the Registrar or Registrant submits incomplete information, Registry reserves its right to request from the Registrar to submit respective data. If the requested data is not provided the Registry is authorized to suspend functioning of the Domain Name.

Private Whois Registration

At present, the .lv domain zone does not provide means to hide the information of the domain owner. All information (name, address, email, etc.) will be displayed in WHOIS.

Domain Transfer from registrar to registrar

The transfer process performs based on EPP code. The registrant should request the code from the losing registrar and provide the gaining one.

The transfer code is valid for 7 days only. So, if it expires it needs to be generated again. The transfer process completed in 7 working days. Only after that, the domain can be managed by the owner.

Domain Renewal

If the Registrant via the intermediation does not renew the domain name, it will be Suspended during the 30 (thirty) days period from the expiry date of the domain name registration. After the lapse of the 30 (thirty) days period, the Registry is obliged to cancel domain name registration and delete data related to the domain name from the Domain Name Register. The domain will become available for everyone.

.LV Registry

The main purpose of domain name Registries, including .lv domain registry, is to keep all information about registered domains together with the registrant names and other data. NIC - Network Information Centre manages .lv ccTLD.

Using GlobalR.com's .lv domain registry service will give your company a competitive advantage straight away. 

Our team is always here to guide you through .lv domain registration and provide you with the top level service and support.