.tc

ccTLD
Type	ccTLD
Country
Implemented	January 27, 1997
Registry	Melrex TC
Websites	nic.tc

.tc is the ccTLD for the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory. It is managed by Melrex TC.

Rules and Restrictions

An applicant must warrant that:

• the Domain Name will not be used in breach of the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party;
• the Domain Name will not be used for any purpose which in the reasonable opinion of the registry is illegal or immoral, or for any purpose likely to bring the name of the registry into disrepute;
• they will not grant the use of Domain Names for the purpose of re-selling subdomains.

If the Domain Name includes the name of a geographic region such as but not limited to a county, province, city, district or country the Customer must provide the written consent of the authority of that geographic region to the Company before the Domain Name will be accepted for registration or renewed in accordance with clause 9.

If the Domain Name includes the name of any officially recognised body or authority the Customer must provide the written consent of the relevant body or authority before the Domain Name will be accepted for registration.

Second-level Domains

The following second-level domains are available for registration: ".com.tc", ".net.tc", ".pro.tc" and ".org.tc".

Characters

The Domain Name can have between 2 and 63 characters, using the letters a-z (where no distinction is made between upper case and lower case) and numbers from 1 to 9. The Domain Name can also contain hyphens, however it cannot begin or end with a hyphen.

Country code top-level domain. Determined by "ISO 3166-1: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country codes".