| Country: | United States of America |
| Continent: | North America |
| Capital: | Washington, D.C. |
| Location: | 38°52'N 77°1'E |
| Area: | 9826675 |
| Population: | 313232044 |
| Time Zone: | UTC -5 to -10 / Summer (DST) UTC -4 to -10 |
| Calling Code: | 1 |
Zone Info
.US is the official country code Top-Level-Domain (ccTLD) of the United States.
Zone Use
A .US Domain can be used and registered by anyone or any corporations who comply with the registration guidelines (see Restrictions).
Characters
- Minimum: 3
- Maximum: 63
- Letters and numbers
- Hyphens ("-"), however not at the beginning or directly in front of the TLD
Restrictions
A .US Domain can only be registered by any U.S. citizen or resident, as well as any business or organization, including federal, state, and local government with a bona fide presence in the United States.
One of the following eligibility requirements must be met:
- A natural person
- who is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States of America or any of its possessions or territories or
- whose primary place of domicile is in the United States of America or any of its possessions, or
- Any entity or organization that is
- incorporated within one of the fifty (50) U.S. states, the District of Columbia, or any of the United States possessions or territories or
- organized or otherwise constituted under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, or any of its possessions or territories, or
- An entity or organization (including federal, state, or local government of the United States, or a political subdivision thereof) that has a bona fide presence in the United States. See Section B.3.1 of the NeuStar proposal to the Department of Commerce for details concerning what constitutes a "bona fide presence".
Please Note:
There is also a requirement for the name servers, these need to be physically in the US.
