.sa

.sa is the ccTLD for Saudi Arabia. It is managed by the Communications, Space and Technology Commission.

Rules and Restrictions

.sa can be registered only by the following:

• an entity physically located in Saudi Arabia;
• a natural person having Saudi nationality or Premium Residency;
• an entity with a registration or license issued by a pertinent authority in Saudi Arabia;
• an owner of a trademark or trade name that is registered in Saudi Arabia.

A registrant must warrant that:

• the domain name has a relationship to the Registrant, and it has not been registered or used in bad faith or used to impersonate or infringe the rights of others;
• the domain name is not used to defame any person or entity;
• the domain name does not nor will be used to contravene any applicable laws in Saudi Arabia;
• it will not permit or allow any third party to use the domain name or its sub-domains unless it has the prior consent of SaudiNIC.

Also, a Registrant may not register, use, or maintain a domain name, nor submit any Service Request related to it as a mean to do or to support any of the following activities:

• if the purpose is to prevent others from registering or taking advantage therefrom;
• promoting the reselling of the domain name for a fee or free through entities other than licensed registrars;
• cyber-squatting or phishing other websites and services;
• acquiring fraudulently personal or confidential information or other means of identification;
• spamming or sending malicious e-mails;
• hosting or distributing malware;
• hijacking domain names;
• cracking systems and networks, or perform denial of service attacks;
• activities or content against the Islamic religion or Saudi laws and regulations (e.g., pornography, illegal drugs, alcohol, gambling and intellectual property piracy);
• activities classified as information crimes according to the pertinent regulations.

Second-level Domains

The following second-level domains are available:

• .com.sa: dedicated only for entities that provide commercial services with a valid Commercial Registration (or equivalent) issued by a pertinent authority in Saudi Arabia (e.g., Ministry of Commerce); or for locally registered trade names and/or trademarks;
• .edu.sa: dedicated only for entities that provide educational and training services directly to students (including, but not limited to, schools, universities, training institutes) with valid licenses issued by a pertinent authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (e.g., Ministry of Education, Technical and Vocational Training Corporation);
• .sch.sa: dedicated only for kindergartens, elementary schools, secondary schools, and high schools with valid licenses issued by a pertinent authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (e.g., Ministry of Education);
• .med.sa: dedicated only for entities that provide health services (e.g., hospitals, medical clinics, pharmacies), with valid licenses issued by a pertinent authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (e.g., Ministry of Health);
• .gov.sa: dedicated only for governmental entities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including ministries, authorities, and general agencies;
• .net.sa: dedicated to entities that provide information technology services, communications services, media services, or postal services (e.g., ISPs, web hosting, TV and news media), with valid licenses issued by a pertinent authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (e.g., CST, Ministry of Commerce, or Ministry of Media);
• .org.sa: dedicated for non-profit entities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including societies, charities, clubs, embassies, conferences and public organizations;
• .pub.sa: dedicated only for individuals.

Characters

The domain name label should be at least 2 and no more than 63 characters. The first and last character should be a letter or number. Labels shall not include two consecutive hyphen (-) characters.

Only Latin characters (a-z), digits (0-9) and the hyphen (-) are accepted.

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