These rules were developed by RelcomSL Company in 1994 and approved by the Internet community of RK. These rules were adopted by KazNIC Organization without any changes in 1999. Currently, registration and use of domain names KZ is governed by the rules of registration, use and allocation of domain space of Kazakhstan segment of the Internet approved by the Order of the Minister of Communications and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan № 220 dated September 7, 2010. These rules are used by KazNIC as internal technical regulations and only in the part not contradicting the current legislation of Republic of Kazakhstan.

KZ Domain Names Registration Rules

About "KZ" domain name

Domain name KZ is officially registered top-level domain name in the DNS addressing system of Internet network. According to the international standard ISO-3166, KZ is double-letters code of Republic Kazakhstan. Nonprofit organization "Kazakh centre of network information" (KazNIC) is admitted by the international Internet register IANA, and nominated to be a Manager (Operator) on distribution and support of "KZ" Internet domain address namespace.

This document specifies rules of distribution of second level domain names in the address space of KZ.

1. Application

The Rules provided in this document are subjected to all requests for registering of domain name in "KZ" domain and all under-domains with the exception of cases when other rules for under-domain exist.

2. Possible change of Rules

Any changing of the Rules can not change the status of domain name, which was registered in the full correspondence to Rules before their change, with exception of technical compatibility cases. Any changing of the Rules should be published beforehand for discussion.

3. Reserved domain names

List of reserved domain names, having determined destination, comprises of itself:

  • ORG.KZ - intended for registration of third level domain names for nonprofit organizations, residents of Republic Kazakhstan;
  • EDU.KZ - intended for registration of third level domain names for organizations of residents RK, having licenses of educational activity;
  • NET.KZ - intended for registration of third level domain names for organizations in the scope of networks of data communications, having corresponding licenses of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Republic Kazakhstan;
  • GOV.KZ - intended for registrations of third level domain names for organizations of government sector of Republic Kazakhstan;
  • MIL.KZ - intended for registrations of third level domain names for organizations of the Ministry of Defense of Republic Kazakhstan;
  • COM.KZ - intended for registrations of third level domain names for commercial organizations and in purposes of registered trade mark protection.

4. Schedule of consideration

All requests for registration of domain names are considered in the order of their arrival on the registration. There are no other priorities.

5. Trade marks

All disputes, which can appear between a domain name registrant and a third party who is the owner of the same trade mark name, should be decided according to the Dispute Policy.

6. Internet standards accordance

All requests for domain name registration should be in accordance with RFC standards 1034, 1035, 1122, 1123.

7. Sending a Request, application forms

Requests for the registration, updating and removing of records in the domain name database should be addressed to the Manager. Registration agreement, request forms and filling rules are published on the registry's web-site.

8. Syntax rules

Domain name can consist of latin characters, digits and minus sign "-". Minimal length of name is 1 character, maximum length is 63 symbols, including 3 ".KZ" characters.

9. Domain names server

At least two functioning domain names servers (DNS) should be presented for the registered name at request time. Non-accordance to this requirement can be reason of registration failure.

10. Registration

Result of domain name registration is a record on the "KZ" domain name database and granting control authorities to Internet servers, which are specified in the request. The whole information about registered KZ domain names is maintained in the database of the Manager and it is available in Internet:

WHOIS service: whois.nic.kz

11. Refusal of registrations

The Manager has a right to refuse registration of a domain name in the following cases:

  • a) the request is not in accordance with the application form or filled not completely or some appendixes are absent;
  • b) the domain name is already distributed at the moment of the request;
  • c) non-correspondence of the request to Internet standards specified in p.5.

12. The Manager can cancel a registration or suspend delegation in cases

  • a) maintenance of the domain name can influence the DNS system functioning;
  • b) there is a changed basis on which the domain name was registered (for instance, the organization that filed the application no longer exists);
  • c) a dispute with a third party appeared in accordance with the Dispute Policy;
  • d) using the given name is a violation of the current Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
  • e) by decision of a Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan.