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Domain Transfer Letter

[Agency letterhead]

[Date]

.Gov Domain Registration
c/o Verisign, Inc.
12061 Bluemont Way
Reston, Virginia 20190

To the .gov Program:

As authorizing authority for [Agency Name], I request that responsibility for the domain name [___________.gov] be transferred [to ___________ /from my organization].

[Briefly state why this domain is being transferred to/from your agency.]

[If receiving, complete the contact information. Administrative, technical, and billing contacts are named individuals and must be unique; a security contact should generally be a team email address.]

The following will be listed as contacts for [___________.gov], which [Organization] will keep up to date in the .gov registrar.

Administrative contact
First Last
Title
Address
Phone number
Email address

Technical contact
First Last
Title
Address
Phone number
Email address

[Most domains created before 2022 have a billing contact. If the domain has a billing contact, the receiving agency will also need to define one.]

Billing contact
First Last
Title
Address
Phone number
Email address

Security contact [required for the executive branch]
Email address

I understand that if I wish to retire [___________.gov], I must submit a written request to [email protected].

Sincerely,
[Signature]

[Name]
[Title]