.AS
American Samoa
AS Domain Registry · cctld · Updated 2026-09-10
Specs only
Specifications
- Zone
- .as
- Registration period
- 2 years
- Character length
- 1-63
- IDN
- Yes
- IPv6
- Yes
- Nameservers
- 2-7 nameservers
- Redemption period
- 12 days
- Handle updates
- Yes
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.as
- Data set
- ccTLD
- Auth code
- Yes
- Connection
- Direct
- IDN character sets
- EUC_KR, ISO_8859_1
Eligibility & Restrictions
Domains can be registered without restrictions.
Required contact fields: Tech contact email, Owner contact email, Admin contact email.
Registration
Registration period: 2 years. Processing is automated. Character length: 1-63. Requires 2-7 nameservers.
Transfer Procedure
Auth code is required for transfer. Transfer processing is automated. Transfer confirmation required by the losing registrar.
Registrant Change
No registry-level owner change task. Updates handled via contact data updates.
Renewal & Deletion
No explicit renewal task. Domain auto-renews or follows registry-defined lifecycle. Cancellation period: 14 days. Cancellation only takes effect on expiry.
Restore / Redemption Grace Period
Restore task is supported. RGP period: 12 days. Auto-renew grace period: 28 days.
WHOIS / Privacy
WHOIS server: whois.nic.as. WHOIS privacy not supported. Contact data publicly visible.
Data controllers
- AS Domain Registry (org) P.O. Box 997303, Pago Pago 96799, American Samoa
- AS Domain Registry — Registrar (admin) P.O. Box 997303, Pago Pago 96799, American Samoa
Error codes
- EF00803
- EF00804
- EF01017
- EF03008
- EF00512
- EF01008
- EF01009
- EF03005
- EF01002
- EF03007
- EF03006
- EF01075
- EF03011
- EF01055
- EF03010
- EF01095
- EF01074
- EF0103118
Required fields
- techc/email
- ownerc/email
- adminc/email
Restrictions
- Domains can be registered without restrictions.
Root nameservers
- NS4.ASNIC.UK
- NS5.ASNIC.US
- NS1.ASNIC.BIZ
- NS2.ASNIC.INFO
- NS3.ASNIC.ORG
- PCH.NIC.AS
Tasks (API)
- create · available · chargeable · automatic
- delete · available · automatic
- preack · available · automatic
- restore · available · chargeable · manual
- restoreARGP · available · automatic
- restoreNE · available · automatic
- transfer · available · chargeable · automatic · AuthInfo required
- update · available · chargeable · automatic
- updateStatus · available · automatic