icann letter re transfers

[DaddyHalbucks]

Date: 4/14/2004 5:52:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: [email protected] (ICANN)
To: [email protected]

Dear Hal,

Thank you for your inquiry.

If you're having trouble transferring your domain from one registrar to
another, you should contact the registrar you want to transfer to for
assistance. If your preferred registrar is having any trouble processing
your transfer, your registrar can obtain assistance from ICANN or the
registry operator as appropriate.

Registrars are not permitted to deny transfer requests arbitrarily. ICANN
has no policy which requires or permits registrars to deny outgoing transfer
requests solely because the registration is within X number of days before
(or after) expiration. In any case where a "losing" registrar does deny a
transfer request, it is required to provide the "gaining" registrar with a
notice of the denial and a specific reason for the denial.

For your reference, the "Policy on Transfer of Sponsorship of Registrations
Between Registrars" is set forth in Exhibit B to the Registry-Registrar
agreement, a copy of which is available at
<http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/verisign/registry-agmt-appf-com-16apr0
1.htm#ExhibitB>.

ICANN currently does not have a standardized transfer policy. This is,
however, something
that we are working on developing. Please see the following for more
information:

<http://www.icann.org/transfers/index.html>.

Best regards,
ICANN

 

[Steen]

ICANN currently does not have a standardized transfer policy. This is,
however, something
that we are working on developing.