.US ccTLD

The .US at Gandi.net

Accreditation: Gandi has been accredited by NeuStar since April 2007.
Price: see .US price list Gandi
Associated Gandi contract: https://www.gandi.net/contracts

Rules and Regulations

Attribution: Specific restrictions are applied by the .US registry, see our contract for details.
Syntax: from 3 to 63 alphanumeric characters or a hyphen (other than in first or last position)
IDN: No
Registration period: From 1 to a maximum of 10 years.
Subdomains available: Yes (not managed by Gandi for the moment)

The procedure

Renewal: The renewal by one year for a .US will extend the duration of its registration contract for a pariod that cannot exceed 10 years.
Disputes: http://www.neustar.us/policies/dispute_providers.html
Ownership change: The current procedure consists of sending a confirmation e-mail to the new and current owners of the domain name.
Change of registrar You must start the procedure at your new registrar. This will result in the sending of a form of authorization (FOA) that will be sent to the current owner of the domain.