.PUB.SA

Name: .PUB.SA — TLD Knowledge Base
Creator: Communications, Space and Technology Commission

Saudi Arabia

Communications, Space and Technology Commission · cctld · Updated 2026-09-10

Existing domains onlySpecs only

Specifications

Zone: .pub.sa
Registration: Manual
Registration period: 1 year
Character length: 1-63
Nameservers: 2-7 nameservers
Transfer time: Manual
Handle updates: Yes
Trustee service: Yes
WHOIS server: whois.nic.net.sa
Data set: ccTLD
Auth code: Yes
Connection: Manual

Eligibility & Restrictions

Local domain owner (OwnerC) required (office/residence). Nameserver must be set up in advance and provide an authoritative response. Local domain administrator (AdminC) required. Confirmation required. Copy of commercial licence (companies) or copy of Identity Card (individuals). Please contact the support for details.

Required contact fields: Tech contact email, Owner contact email, Admin contact email.

Registration

Registration period: 1 year. Processing is manual. Character length: 1-63. Requires 2-7 nameservers.

Transfer Procedure

Auth code is required for transfer. Transfer processing is manual.

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: 1 month.

Restore / Redemption Grace Period

Restore is not available as a registry task. Domain cannot be recovered after deletion.

WHOIS / Privacy

WHOIS server: whois.nic.net.sa. WHOIS privacy not supported. Contact data publicly visible.

Availability

Only renewals of existing domains. New registrations and transfers are not available.
Renewal: 83,20 € / 1 year

Data controllers

Communications, Space and Technology Commission (org) P. O. Box 75606, Riyadh 11588, Saudi Arabia
Communications, Space and Technology Commission — Head of Saudi Network Information Center (admin) P. O. Box 75606, Riyadh 11588, Saudi Arabia

Error codes

EF00804
EF01017
EF03008
EF00512
EF01008
EF01009
EF03005
EF01002
EF03007
EF03006
EF01075
EF03011
EF01055
EF03010
EF01074
EF0103118
EF02070

Required fields

techc/email
ownerc/email
adminc/email

Restrictions

Confirmation required. Copy of commercial licence (companies) or copy of Identity Card (individuals).
Local domain administrator (AdminC) required.
Local domain owner (OwnerC) required (office/residence).
Nameserver must be set up in advance and provide an authoritative response.
Please contact the support for details.

Root nameservers

N1.DNS.SA
M1.DNS.SA
M2.DNS.SA
P1.DNS.SA
S2.DNS.SA
SH1.DNS.SA
I1.DNS.SA
C1.DNS.SA
C2.DNS.SA

Tasks (API)

create · available · manual
delete · available · manual
preack · available · manual
transfer · available · manual · AuthInfo required
update · available · chargeable · manual