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'''.lv'''{{Short is the [[description|Internet]] [[country code]] [[top-level ___domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) for [[Latvia]].}}{{More citations needed|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox Top level ___domain

|name = .lv

|image = DotLV logo.png

|introduced = {{start date and age|1993|4|29}}

|type = [[Category:Country code top-level domains|L v___domain]]

|status = Active

|dnssec = Yes

|registry = [[IMCS UL|Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science]]

|sponsor = [[University of Latvia]]

|intendeduse = Entities connected with [[Latvia]]

|actualuse = Popular in Latvia

|restrictions = None (some subdomains may have restrictions)

|structure = Registrations are accepted directly at the second level and also at the third level beneath various second-level labels

|document = [https://www.nic.lv/en/policies Policies]

|disputepolicy = [https://www.nic.lv/en/lv-___domain-name-dispute-resolution-policy Dispute resolution policy]

|website = [https://www.nic.lv/ NIC.lv]

|}}

[[File:NIC lv logo.svg|thumb|Logo of the Latvian NIC]]

'''.lv''' is the [[Internet]] [[country code]] [[top-level ___domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) for [[Latvia]]. It was introduced on 29 April 1993, two years after the country's independence.

Registration is permitted at the second level, and this is the form of registration currently encouraged by the registry; however, registrations are also accepted at the third level beneath a number of subdomains:

* '''.com.lv''' - commercial entities

* '''.edu.lv''' - educational institutions

* '''.gov.lv''' - government and semi-government entities.

* '''.org.lv''' - various forms of affiliation groups

* '''.mil.lv''' - defense/military entities of Latvia

* '''.id.lv''' - individuals

* '''.net.lv''' - network infrastructure providers

* '''.asn.lv''' - associations

* '''.conf.lv''' - conferences and exhibitions requiring short duration Internet connectivity

Registration is open to foreigners, though the dispute policy says that precedence is generally given to domestic users. There does not appear to be much non-Latvian use of this TLD; exceptions include a few sites apparently using it to suggest [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]]—much as '''[[.la]]''' is used for [[Los Angeles]]—or "love"—as in "my.lv," "we.lv," or "true.lv"—and "live"—as in "xbx.lv" used by [[Microsoft]] for shortening links to their [[Xbox Live]] service—but these types of uses are not widespread.

[[Internationalized ___domain name]]s may also be registered.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nic.lv/resource/show/30 | title=Latviskie domēna vārdi }}</ref>

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

* [httphttps://www.iana.org/root-whois/lv.htm IANA .lv whois information]

{{CcTLD}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:LV}}

[[Category:Country code top-level domains|L v]]

[[Category:CommunicationsCountry incode Latvia|Ltop-level vdomains]]

[[Category:Telecommunications in Latvia]]

[[Category:Internet properties established in 1993]]

[[Category:Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members]]

{{Latvia-stub}}

{{Compu-___domain-stub}}