NIC-Internet Costa Rica reserves the right to request any other documentation that it deems necessary for the registration of a domain name. In those cases in which the applicant required to submit documentation, this must be sent in original to the offices of NIC-Internet Costa Rica.

If the domain you want to record what was going to cancel by transfer or bank deposit, the steps to follow for the domain registration are as follows:

First: Check the availability of the domain name want through the official website http://www.nic.cr.

Second: To proceed to the payment of the domain, either by transfer or bank deposit.

Information for this purpose is as follows:

• Deposit in the current account in dollars Nº: 080-600043-7, in the name of the National Academy of Sciences, in the National Bank of Costa Rica.
• Bank Transfer through Internet Banking of the National Bank of Costa Rica, to the current account in dollars Nº: 080-600043-7, in the name of the National Academy of Sciences, in the National Bank of Costa Rica.
• Bank Transfer using the National System of electronic payments (SINPE): For this system, the number of the current account in dollars is Nº: 080-600043-7 and the number of the client account is 15108010026000431 on behalf of the National Academy of Sciences, with ballot legal Nº: 3-007-154845, at the National Bank of Costa Rica. In carrying out the transfer, the interested party shall indicate the domain to which NIC-Internet Costa Rica will apply the payment that it is performing.
• Bank Transfer (Wire Transfer): data from the bank for the transfer:

Third: Complete the form contacts record by registering the NIC - Handle and access key. Each one of the people who will serve as administrative and technical contact of the domain name, you must register as a contact.

Fourth: Enter the form domain registration

Fifth: Send the form online.

If for the domain you want to book you are going to cancel by credit card or debit (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, JCB, Dinners) at the site http://www.nic.cr, the steps to follow in order to reserve domains are the following:

First: Check the availability of the domain name want through the official website http://www.nic.cr.

Second: Complete the form contacts record by registering the NIC - Handle and access key. Each one of the people who will serve as administrative and technical contact of the domain name, you must register as a contact.

Third: Complete the formula domain registration where should also fill out the data of your credit or debit card.

Fourth: : Send the form online.

Yes, this is done only in cases where the applicant does not have some or all technical information of the domain (name servers and IP addresses). To register a domain in reserve mode should do the following:

Paying by bank deposit or transfer:

If for the domain you want to book you are going to cancel by transfer or bank deposit, the steps to follow in the reserve domains are the following:

First: Check the availability of the domain name want through the official website http://www.nic.cr.

Second: To proceed to the payment of the domain, either by transfer or bank deposit.

The information provided for this purpose is as follows:

• Deposit in the current account in dollars Nº: 080-600043-7, in the name of the National Academy of Sciences, in the National Bank of Costa Rica.
• Bank Transfer through Internet Banking of the National Bank of Costa Rica, to the current account in dollars Nº: 080-600043-7, in the name of the National Academy of Sciences, in the National Bank of Costa Rica.
• Bank Transfer using the National System of electronic payments (SINPE): For this system, the number of the current account in dollars is Nº: 080-600043-7 and the number of the client account is 15108010026000431 on behalf of the National Academy of Sciences, with ballot legal Nº: 3-007-154845, at the National Bank of Costa Rica. In carrying out the transfer, the interested party shall indicate the domain to which NIC-Internet Costa Rica will apply the payment that it is performing.
• Bank Transfer (Wire Transfer): data from the bank for the transfer:

Third: Complete the form contacts record by registering the NIC - Handle and access key. Each one of the people who will serve as administrative and technical contact of the domain name, you must register as a contact.

Fourth: Enter the form domain registration, and choose the option RENEWAL Domain Name and complete the form. Only will appear the required fields that must be completed to reserve your domain.

Fifth: Send the form online.

Paying with credit or debit card in the site NIC-Internet Costa Rica:

If for the domain you want to reserve you are going to cancel by credit card or debit (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, JCB, Dinners) at the site http://www.nic.cr, the steps to follow in order to reserve domains are the following:

First: Check the availability of the domain name want through the official website http://www.nic.cr.

Second: Complete the form registration of contacts registering the NIC - Handle and password. In this case only the administrative contact is logged because the technical contact has not yet been appointed.

Third:Sign in the formula of domain registration, choose the option DOMAIN RESERVE and complete the formula, including the details of cancellation with your credit or debit card

Fourth: : Send the form online.

Modifications may be made of a domain name the following persons:

Modify their personal data registered in Contacts record and the following information of a domain name:

• NIC - Handle the Administrative and Technical Contact.
• Information on servers for the domain name.

Modify their personal data registered in Contacts record and the following information of a domain name:

• NIC - Handle Technical Contact.
• Information on servers for the domain name.

Domain Holder :

Request changes in:

• The domain contacts.
• NIC - Handle the Administrative and Technical Contact.
• Information on servers for the domain name.
• Correct the name of the holder to a correction of the name of the entity or individual name. This change may be requested ONLY administratively in accordance with the provisions of Policy document for the functions of the Superior. cr.

Modification by electronic means:

• The official website http://www.nic.cr, login with your NIC Handle and password to access the Change option in Frequently Procedures.
• Select the type of change that is desired (contact information or domain information).
• Enter changes in the respective form.
• Sending them online.

The change in the personal contact information and / or changing the NIC-Handle administrative and / or technical domain name will be applied automatically in the database, once the appropriate electronic application for amendment has been completed and sent successfully.

The change in the information of the name servers of a third level domain will be applied on the primary server to a maximum of twenty-four hours, after NIC-Internet Costa Rica has received the electronic application and approved it. NIC - Internet Costa Rica will send an automatic electronic notification to the contact information on the implementation of changes. To comply with twenty-four hours and for the amendment is successful it is necessary that the information provided is correct.Within 24 working hours applies except for reasons of force majeure beyond the control of the National Academy of Sciences and its dependence NIC-Internet Costa Rica. To modify the information of the name servers of a second-level domain, the maximum period provided above twenty-four hours will be natural. Other conditions remain listed.

Administrative modification:

Changes in this way can only be requested to NIC-Internet Costa Rica in exceptional cases, when the required changes can not be made or requested by electronic means in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 2.2 and 2.3.1 Policy document for the functions of the Superior. cr. Also, be processed in this way a correction of the holder, as indicated in paragraph c) of paragraph 2.2 of the Policy document for the functions of the Superior. cr.

At the request of the holder:

The holder of a domain can request changes if the change of the contacts of a domain, and / or changing the NIC-handle of the domain contacts, and / or changes to the information servers name can not be done by the contacts as set out in paragraphs 2.2 and 2.3.1 of Policy document for the functions of the Superior. cr, and where there is a correction in the holder, as provided in subsection c) section 2.2 of Policies for the Operation of High Estate. cr. In these cases, if the holder of the name is a legal person, the documentation to be submitted is:

• Letter from the legal representative data indicating the change and explaining the situation or make it impossible to request the change electronically. If a correction of the name of the owner, must explain this in the letter.
• Original of the law with no more than a month of issue. In case of a rectification of the holder of the legal original stating the new name.
• Photocopy of identity card of legal representative.

If the domain name holder is an individual, the documentation to be submitted are as follows:

• Letter indicating domain owner and modify data to explain the situation or make it impossible to request the change electronically. If a rectification of the name, this situation should be explained in the letter.
• Photocopy of identity card of the holder of the domain. In the case of a rectification of the holder, a photocopy of an identity card stating the new name.

At the request of contacts:

The contacts of a domain name may request changes if the change of the contacts of a domain, and / or changing the NIC-handle of the contacts of the domain name and / or the change in information from domain name servers can not be done by them as set out in paragraphs 2.2 and 2.3.1 of Policy document for the functions of the Superior. cr, regardless of whether the holder of the domain is a natural or legal. In these cases, the documentation to be submitted is:

• Letter indicating contact to modify data and explaining the situation or make it impossible to request the change electronically.
• Photocopy of identity card of the contact.

For all the above cases, the documentation must be submitted in original at the offices of NIC-Internet Costa Rica.

When requesting modifications to the domain name contacts, new contacts to be registered as the official website http://www.nic.cr, before the original documentation is sent to the offices of NIC-Internet Costa Rica. If the domain name is the third level, once the documents are received, the changes will be applied to the database and / or primary server, as appropriate, to a maximum of twenty-four hours, provided the information is correct and meets the above requirements. This term applies except for reasons of force majeure beyond the control of the National Academy of Sciences and its dependence NIC-Internet Costa Rica. If the domain name is the second level, the maximum period provided above for the changes are applied to the database and / or primary server, as appropriate, twenty-four hours will be natural. Other conditions remain listed.

When a domain is disconnected in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3.4 of the Policy document for the functions of the Superior. cr, NIC-Internet Costa Rica does not apply to requests for changes in the information of name servers.

If the amendment is in contact information, is applied once. If the amendment is in domain information will be made in a 24 working hours for third-level domains and 24 natural hours for second level domains. NIC - Internet Costa Rica will send an automatic electronic notification to contacts, once the changes have been made. This 24 natural hours and 24 working hours, is valid except for forces beyond the control of the National Academy of Sciences and its dependence NIC-Internet Costa Rica.

A domain is to get off the domain name of the network, so that the domain name fails to address the nameservers, so any Internet service with respect to the disconnected domain is suspended. A disconnect is given by NIC - Internet Costa Rica for non-payment and the process is as follows:

If a domain name is not renewed at maturity, it will be disconnected for a period of fifteen calendar days from the calendar day following the expiration date. During the time that the domain is offline, NIC-Internet Costa Rica does not apply to requests for changes in the information of name servers. Neither apply a removal request sent by the administrative contact and owner of the domain, in accordance with the provisions of Top Level Domain CR Operational Policies.

If at the end of the preceding period the domain was not renewed, NIC-Internet Costa Rica proceed with their removal, leaving free the name to be registered by any other party.

A reconnection is redirect again the name servers an or the domains that are disconnected and the process of reconnection is the next one:

To reconnect the domain that was disconnected for nonpayment of renewal at maturity, the administrative contact and / or technical or any other person must complete and electronically submit the renewal application. For this, you may use any of the options listed in the document Top Level Domain CR Operational Policies,(by credit card or debit card or by deposit or bank transfer).

The renewal and reconnection of a domain will be applied in a twenty-four hours working for third-level domains and twenty four hours natural for second-level domains, after NIC-Internet Costa Rica has received the electronic application for renewal and approved. NIC-Internet Costa Rica will send an automatic electronic notification to contacts informing them of the approval of the renewal and reconnection of the domain. The twenty-four hours and twenty four hours working nature, is valid except for force majeure beyond the control of the National Academy of Sciences and its dependence NIC-Internet Costa Rica.

A removal domain is completely erase a domain name on both name servers NIC - Internet Costa Rica as your database, therefore, the deleted domain is available for any other party to register it again.

The elimination of a given domain for the following reasons:

For delegation of authority given area:

According to the National Academy of Sciences is the only entity authorized by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to register and name management domain in the hierarchy. cr, the area of authority that the applicant is assigned a domain, whether natural or legal person, when you complete the registration of a domain name under the top level domain. cr, can not be transferred , transferred, sold, transferred, donated or assigned to another person or entity other than the holder of the domain. It is possible that the holder of a domain under. cr offer services that include the delegation of the zone of authority, partial or total, which was assigned to register the name. If they present some of the above, NIC-Internet Costa Rica proceed with the removal of the domain registered without any liability to the National Academy of Sciences.

At the request of the holder and administrative contact:

• In the official websitehttp://www.nic.cr, the domain's administrative contact enters with the NIC - Handle and password to access the delete option in Frequently Procedures.
• The administrative contact for the domain selected to remove and submit the application electronically.
• If the Domain Name holder is a legal person shall submit the following documents:
• Letter or legal representative seeking removal of the domain name.
• Original or legal status with no more than a month of issued.
• Photocopy of the identification card of legal representative.
• If the domain holder is an individual, must submit the following documents:
• Letter from owner requesting removal of the name.
• Photocopy of the card holders identity.

For all the above cases, the documentation must be submitted in original at the offices of NIC-Internet Costa Rica.

Once received by NIC-Internet Costa Rica requested documentation to make the changes and the electronic application by the administrative contact, the elimination will be applied within twenty-four hours working for third-level domains and twenty four hours for natural second level domains. Will send an automatic electronic notification to the email addresses of previous contacts informing them that the disposal has been approved. The twenty-four hours and twenty four hours working nature, is valid except for force majeure beyond the control of the National Academy of Sciences and its dependence NIC-Internet Costa Rica.

For non-payment:

In case of non-payment of domain renewal fee in accordance with the provisions of Policy document for the Operation of Superior Estate. Cr, NIC-Internet Costa Rica proceed with the removal of the domain. Will send an automatic electronic notification to the email addresses of administrative and technical contacts, informing them of the removal, once it has been realized.

At the direction of a national court, foreign, or administrative panel:

Before a conflict on a domain name that is registered under .cr, NIC-Internet Costa Rica will proceed with the elimination of the name when it is in the final sentence a national court or abroad. In the latter case, the applicant on the implementation of judgment must follow a procedure for the recognition of foreign judgments in Costa Rica/ NIC-Internet Costa Rica will proceed with the elimination of the domain after you received the written notification by the court national or international with its respective recognition, in the case that it is necessary. Made the elimination, NIC-Internet Costa Rica will send a notice automated electronic e-mail addresses of the previous contacts of the domain informing them of the elimination.

By misinformation, false and abuse:

Before the supply of misleading or false information on the part of the contacts in the process of registration of a domain name or modification of an active domain, NIC-Internet Costa Rica shall notify the administrative officer to proceed with the correction of the situation within a maximum of 30 calendar days, upon receipt of notification. At the maturity of this date if the situation has not been corrected, NIC-Internet Costa Rica will proceed with the elimination of the domain and shall send a notice automated electronic e-mail addresses of the previous contacts informing them that the disposal has been carried out.

In the case of check the use of a domain name for illicit activities contrary to the laws of the Republic of Costa Rica, the morals and good customs, shall be notified to the contacts of the domain to which remedy that situation within a maximum period of 15 calendar days. If past this time limit was not made the correction, it will proceed with the elimination of the domain and notified to the previous contacts on the elimination.

By wrong holder:

In the event that the registrant has entered the holder wrong, has registered the domain for a period longer than a year and you want to register the same domain under the correct holder, the domain will be removed and will be free for the registrant again to ask for it with the correct information, once that NIC-Internet Costa Rica has checked the error made by the registrant and that there was no malicious intent in the process on the part of this.To verify this error, NIC-Internet Costa Rica ask for the information that creates relevant, and will be at its own discretion whether management according to the evidence submitted.

It is the responsibility of the registrant coordinate with NIC-Internet Costa Rica the elimination of the name for their further registration, already that NIC-Internet Costa Rica is not responsible for entering registration applications for the same domain name by a third party. This process has an administrative charge equivalent to the cost of the registration of a domain within one year, the amount left over will be available so that the user may make any other transaction, or to be returned to the user in accordance with the internal procedure of NIC-Internet Costa Rica for this process. The implementation of the amount left over for another transaction or refund applies, always and when the domain is less than one calendar year since it was registered.

When the user registers as technical contact or administrative generates its access key and additional are generated several questions to answer for the user, in case be forgotten your password. The system will send you the key to access to the user's e-mail, if this responds correctly the question that you selected when you registered.

If the user, in addition to his key has forgotten the key question, then you must communicate to domreg@nic.cr cr to request forwarding of the access key, this account is protected by a Digital Ids for Secure Email. This allows you to:

• Digitally sign messages-mail sent by NIC-Internet Costa Rica, to ensure customers that the mail was sent by the unit NIC-Internet Costa Rica.
• Encrypt the contents of the emails by protecting them against the reading of some intruder. Only the e-mail of the intended user can decrypt the message