.cl WHOIS Lookup
.cl is Chile's country code extension, and NIC Chile keeps its register. Check a .cl name here to see its registrant, its registrar and when its current term ends.
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.cl WHOIS Lookup: Records Held by NIC Chile
.cl is the country code extension of Chile and entered the root zone on 15 December 1987. NIC Chile, part of the University of Chile, runs the registry, and its server whois.nic.cl answers queries on port 43. No RDAP endpoint is registered for .cl, which leaves port 43 as the only channel for registration data. NIC Chile signs the zone with DNSSEC, and the root carries its DS record.
A NIC Chile reply is short and holds seven fields: the registrant's name and organisation, the registrar's name and web address, the creation and expiration dates and the name servers. It has no status line, no last-change date and no email address for the holder or the registrar. For a South American registry that publishes a different set of fields, see the .br WHOIS lookup.
About the .cl extension
- Extension
- .cl
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.cl
- RDAP endpoint
- This extension has no RDAP endpoint in the IANA bootstrap registry.
- Registry
- NIC Chile, University of Chile
- In the root zone since
- 15 December 1987
- Fields in the reply
- Registrant name and organisation, registrar and its URL, creation and expiration date, name servers
- RDAP
- None registered, port 43 only
- Last checked
- 12 August 2026
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WHOIS FAQ
Does a .cl WHOIS lookup show who owns the domain?
Yes, NIC Chile prints the registrant's name and organisation on two separate lines, so a company-held .cl domain usually shows the company name straight away. Many generic extensions now mask these fields, and the .cl register has not adopted that practice. The registrar's name and web address appear as well, which tells you where the domain is managed.
How can I contact the owner of a .cl domain?
You cannot email the owner of a .cl domain straight from its WHOIS record. A note at the end of the reply directs communication with domain contacts to the NIC Chile website and links to a page for that particular domain. If the matter concerns the registration itself, the registrar named in the record is a second route.
What does CLST mean in a .cl WHOIS date?
CLST is the abbreviation for Chile Summer Time, and it means the date is written in Chilean local time instead of UTC. NIC Chile gives both dates with hours, minutes and seconds and adds such an abbreviation at the end. A value close to midnight can slip to the previous or next day if you read it as UTC. Portugal's registry writes dates in yet another way, as the .pt WHOIS lookup shows.
How do I check when a .cl domain expires?
The Expiration date line of a .cl record gives the end of the current term down to the second. A deadline that precise leaves no doubt about whether the term ends at the start or the end of a day. If you keep a renewal calendar for .cl names, copy the full value with its time of day and set the reminder well ahead of it.
Can a .cl WHOIS lookup show whether a domain is locked?
No, a .cl record cannot tell you whether a domain is locked against transfer, because NIC Chile prints no status codes. Recent edits leave no trace either, since the reply has no last-change date. For questions about a lock, a transfer or a change of name servers, ask the registrar named in the record.
How do I know if a .cl domain name is available?
A free .cl name returns a reply without registrant, registrar or date lines, and the result screen marks it as available. A reply that includes a Registrant name line means someone already holds the name, and its Expiration date line shows when that holder's current term runs out.