# .dev domain: registry, jurisdiction and price > Who runs the .dev registry, which law applies, what a court there can order, and the $12.99/year price at PanamaRegistrar. Crypto, no KYC. - URL: https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/dev/ - Last updated: 2026-10-19 - Publisher: PanamaRegistrar (https://panamaregistrar.com) .dev costs $12.99/year at PanamaRegistrar. Its registry, Charleston Road Registry Inc. (Google Registry), sits in Mountain View, California, United States: who controls the domain, which law applies, and what a court there can order. **Quick answer — Who controls a .dev domain, and what does it cost?** **.dev domain** at **PanamaRegistrar**, as of October 2026: $12.99 a year, the same price to renew. .dev is run by Charleston Road Registry Inc., Google's registry company in Mountain View, California, United States, under an ICANN registry agreement; browsers force HTTPS on every .dev name. ## .dev registry facts | Attribute | Value | | --- | --- | | Registry manager (IANA) | Charleston Road Registry Inc. (Google Registry) | | Registry location | Mountain View, California — United States | | Back-end operator | Google, New York, New York (United States) | | Legal framework | ICANN registry agreement (new gTLD, 2012 round) | | Dispute policy | UDRP + URS | | Who can register | Anyone; HTTPS is mandatory (whole extension on the HSTS preload list) | | WHOIS / RDAP | no WHOIS host listed · RDAP `pubapi.registry.google/rdap/` | | DNSSEC | Yes (DS record in the root zone) | | Registration term | 1 to 10 years | | Price at PanamaRegistrar | $12.99/year; renewal $12.99/year; transfer $12.99 | | IANA record last updated | 11 April 2025 | ## Who runs the .dev registry, and from which country? For .dev, IANA gives the same pair as for .app: Charleston Road Registry Inc. in Mountain View, California, as manager, and Google Inc. at 76 Ninth Avenue, New York, as technical contact. The registry website is registry.google. RDAP answers at pubapi.registry.google/rdap/, and IANA lists no WHOIS host. .dev is a new generic extension from the 2012 ICANN round. IANA last updated its record on 11 April 2025. ## Can a court in the United States take down or seize a .dev domain? A United States court is the one that can bind the .dev registry. California is where the registry company is listed, and that matters for the in rem rule of 15 U.S.C. §1125(d)(2): a trademark owner may sue the domain itself in the registry's district. Remedies are limited to forfeiture, cancellation or transfer. Separate US procedures apply to criminal cases. A registrar's location does not change any of this. ## What does PanamaRegistrar do with a complaint about a .dev domain? Nothing happens to a .dev domain on a complaint alone. Copyright, defamation, political or competitor complaints need a decision from a Panamanian court; a foreign judgment must first be recognised in Panama by exequatur. Phishing, malware, botnets and fraud that takes money from victims are suspended within 24 hours of a well-documented report, child sexual abuse material immediately, and the URLs are reported to NCMEC. You are told before any action on your domain, unless the law or the court order forbids it; with Domain protection, every complaint is also read by a person before any action on the domain. This rule covers what PanamaRegistrar does, not the registry or our registrar partner. Steps and time limits: [takedown procedure](https://panamaregistrar.com/takedown-procedure/) and [how we handle complaints](https://panamaregistrar.com/complaints/). ## Who uses .dev domains, and why? Developers use .dev for documentation, dev tools, open-source libraries and personal portfolios, according to the dataset. Registration is open to anyone, for 1 to 10 years. Many projects pair a .dev documentation site with a product on another extension. The extension name is literal, which makes it easy to remember for a technical audience. ## Which registry rules are specific to .dev? .dev is on the browser HSTS preload list as a whole: every .dev site must use HTTPS. Local development setups that once used fake .dev hostnames now break in browsers for the same reason. Plan a TLS certificate before the first deploy. The registry sets this rule; it is not optional and no registrar can switch it off. ## What does the WHOIS show for a .dev domain? Privacy is allowed on .dev and included free at PanamaRegistrar. Google's RDAP service at pubapi.registry.google shows the registrar, the dates, the nameservers and the status. IANA lists no WHOIS host. Your details stay out of the public record while privacy is on, and the registry never receives them with Domain protection. ## Do I need Domain protection for a .dev domain? No, it is optional: +$29 per year, on top of the .dev price. [Domain protection](https://panamaregistrar.com/domain-protection/) registers the domain in the name of DomaineGoat LLC, so the registration record and WHOIS/RDAP show our company, never you, and you can take it back in your own name for free. A transfer lock is on, and any transfer or DNS change must be confirmed from your account. We then hold only your email, and a person reads every complaint before any action on the domain; that review exists only with the option. It does not move the registry or change its courts. ## Which dispute policy applies to .dev? .dev is a new gTLD, so the UDRP and the URS both apply. A URS examiner can suspend a name in a clear trademark case; a UDRP panel can transfer it. We lock and apply as the procedures require, and we tell the customer. Our steps for trademark cases: [UDRP and URS](https://panamaregistrar.com/udrp-and-urs/). ## How much does a .dev domain cost, and how is it renewed? At PanamaRegistrar, as of October 2026, .dev costs $12.99/year; renewal is $12.99/year, and a transfer $12.99 with one year added, as ICANN rules provide for generic extensions. Term: 1 to 10 years. Payment is in crypto (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC) from a prepaid balance, minimum top-up $25. Every extension: [price list](https://panamaregistrar.com/pricing/). ## Search a .dev domain Search a domain name: https://panamaregistrar.com/app/domains/?q=yourname.dev Popular extensions: .dev ($12.99) ## .dev questions ### Can I use a .dev domain without HTTPS? No. The .dev extension is on the HSTS preload list of major browsers, so they only load .dev sites over HTTPS. Get a TLS certificate before you point the domain at a server. This applies to every .dev name, whatever the registrar, and it cannot be switched off. ### Is .dev subject to US law? At the registry level, yes. IANA lists Charleston Road Registry Inc. in Mountain View, California, and Google in New York as technical operator. A US court can order the registry to act on a .dev record. PanamaRegistrar follows Panamanian procedure; see the [registry jurisdiction index](https://panamaregistrar.com/registry-jurisdiction/). ### Who can register a .dev domain? Anyone. The registry sets no eligibility rule for .dev, and terms run from 1 to 10 years. At PanamaRegistrar you need one verified email per domain, no ID, and a crypto top-up. The price is the same for the first year, each renewal and a transfer. ### Can PanamaRegistrar stop the .dev registry from acting on a court order? No. The .dev registry, Charleston Road Registry Inc. (Google Registry), keeps its own copy of the registration and applies the law of its own country. PanamaRegistrar decides only what its own service does: we act on Panamanian court orders, not on unverified complaints. Our registrar partner also keeps its own legal duties. We tell you when we learn of a registry-level action, unless the law or the order forbids it. See the [registry jurisdiction index](https://panamaregistrar.com/registry-jurisdiction/). ### How do I pay for a .dev domain? In crypto only: BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC. Top up your balance (minimum $25), then register the .dev domain from it at $12.99/year. Send the exact amount on the exact network; the top-up is credited after the network confirmations. No ID and no KYC: one verified email per domain, never published. ## Sources 1. [IANA Root Zone Database: .dev delegation record](https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/dev.html) — IANA (checked 2026-10-19) 2. [15 U.S.C. § 1125 — in rem civil action against a domain name, subsection (d)(2)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1125) — Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (checked 2026-10-19) 3. [Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/help/dndr/udrp-en) — ICANN (checked 2026-10-19) 4. [Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS)](https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/urs) — ICANN (checked 2026-10-19) 5. [Amazon Route 53 developer guide: .dev registration rules](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/dev.md) — Amazon Web Services (checked 2026-10-08) ## Other extensions and their registry - [.com](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/com/) - [.net](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/net/) - [.org](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/org/) - [.io](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/io/) - [.ai](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/ai/) - [.co](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/co/) - [.app](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/app/) - [.dev](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/dev/) - [.xyz](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/xyz/) - [.info](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/info/) - [.me](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/me/) - [.de](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/de/) --- PanamaRegistrar: PanamaRegistrar is a domain registration service under Panamanian jurisdiction, paid in crypto with no ID upload: we act on Panamanian court orders, not on unverified complaints.