If the domain name is not renewed

If your domain name is not renewed, Norid assumes that you no longer wish to keep it. You will then receive a notice of deletion from us.

Domain names that have not been renewed: 1st notice
When Norid does not receive notice from the registrar that the domain name is to be renewed, we send an email to the person who is registered as the domain's legal contact (legal-c). In the email, we inform you that the domain name has not been renewed, and ask you to find a registrar who can renew the domain name. The renewal must take place within 90 days to prevent deletion of the domain name.

14 days after the first notice: 2nd notice
If the domain name has not been renewed by a registrar within 14 days after the first notice, we send a new email notice. This notice goes to all the contact persons who are associated with the domain, that is, the legal contact (legal-c), the technical contact (tech-c) and the zone contact (zone-c) in the whois database.

30 days after the first notice: 3rd notice
If the domain name has still not been renewed, the holder receives a final notice by letter. The letter is sent to the address specified in the domain name registration.

60 days after the first notice: The domain name is placed in quarantine
If the domain name is not renewed by a registrar within 60 days, it is removed from the .no zone and placed in quarantine for up to one month. The domain name now stops functioning.

This is the last chance to contact a registrar who can renew the domain name. If the domain name is renewed during the quarantine period, we stop the deletion process and restore the domain name to the .no zone.

90 days after the first notice: The domain name is deleted
Domain names that are not renewed by the end of the quarantine period are deleted from the database and become available for new registration. This means that anyone can register the name and start using it.