.kz

KazNIC
Introduced	1994
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	KazNIC
Sponsor	Association of IT Companies of Kazakhstan
Intended use	Entities connected with  Kazakhstan
Actual use	Popular in Kazakhstan
Registration restrictions	None for second-level names; some restrictions for third-level names depending on which second-level name they are under
Structure	Registrations are made directly at the second level, or at the third level beneath second-level categories
Documents	Rules
Dispute policies	Dispute resolution policy
Registry website	KazNIC

.kz is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Kazakhstan.

Registrations can be made directly at the second level (with no requirement of Kazakhstan presence) or at the third level beneath categories which have specific restrictions, and are generally limited to Kazakhstan-related entities. The categories are:

• ORG.KZ - nonprofit organizations
• EDU.KZ - licensed educational organizations
• NET.KZ - Licensed networks of data communications
• GOV.KZ - Governmental organizations
• MIL.KZ - Ministry of Defense
• COM.KZ - Commercial organizations; registered trademark protection

A minor incident was caused when the right to use the domain name www.borat.kz, the website of Sacha Baron Cohen's Kazakh character, Borat, was suspended.^[1] The domain-issuing body said that they took this action since false names were given for the site's administrators, and also because the site www.borat.kz was hosted outside Kazakhstan. However, the underlying cause of the action was in order to censor the content of the site: "We've done this so he can't badmouth Kazakhstan under the .kz domain name," Nurlan Isin, President of the Association of Kazakh IT Companies, told Reuters. "He can go and do whatever he wants at other domains."

• Communications in Kazakhstan‎
• Media of Kazakhstan

• IANA .kz whois information
• .kz domain registration website