.sa WHOIS Lookup
.sa is the country code extension of Saudi Arabia, and the Communications, Space and Technology Commission keeps its registrations. This page sets out which details the .sa registry publishes in WHOIS and which it keeps back.
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.sa WHOIS Lookup: Records From Saudi Arabia
.sa was delegated to the root zone on 17 May 1994 as the country code extension of Saudi Arabia. Its registry is the Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST), and WHOIS queries for .sa names go to whois.nic.net.sa. The .sa zone is signed with DNSSEC, and its DS record is published in the root zone.
A .sa WHOIS reply carries four fields: the domain name, the registrant's name, the name servers and a DNSSEC line. The registry publishes no registrar, status codes or abuse contact, and no creation, update or expiry date. The record tells you who holds a .sa name and which name servers it uses, but not when it was registered, when it runs out or whether it is locked against transfer. For comparison, the .ae WHOIS lookup shows another registry without dates, and the .cl WHOIS lookup a short record that still lists them.
About the .sa extension
- Extension
- .sa
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.net.sa
- RDAP endpoint
- This extension has no RDAP endpoint in the IANA bootstrap registry.
- Registry
- Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST)
- In the root zone since
- 17 May 1994
- Published fields
- Domain name, registrant name, name servers, DNSSEC
- Not published
- Registrar, status codes, creation, update and expiry dates
- Last checked
- 12 August 2026
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WHOIS FAQ
Who owns a .sa domain, and how can I find out?
The .sa registry publishes the registrant's name in WHOIS, so the record shows which person or organisation holds the domain. That name is the only identity detail in the reply, with no address, phone number or email beside it. To get in touch with the holder, use the website on the domain or approach the registry through its own channels.
How do I check when a .sa domain expires?
A .sa WHOIS lookup cannot show the expiry date, because the registry does not publish one. For the end of the term, ask the party that manages the domain or the registry itself. The name server lines show that the domain still works in the DNS, yet a name close to expiry keeps working until its last day without any warning in WHOIS.
Why does a .sa WHOIS record show no registrar or status code?
The .sa registry leaves the registrar and status fields out of its WHOIS reply by choice. Status codes come from the shared EPP vocabulary that ICANN contracts require generic extensions to publish, while country code registries set their own scope. Without these lines you cannot see whether a .sa name is locked against transfer or deletion, or through which company it was registered.
Why is a .sa registrant name written in Arabic and Latin script?
The registrant line of a .sa record can hold an organisation's name in Latin and Arabic script on the same line. For nic.sa it starts with SAUDINIC- CST and continues with the Arabic names of the Saudi Network Information Center and the commission. Pasting the whole line into another search can fail because of the mixed scripts, so search for the Latin part and the Arabic part separately.
What does signedDelegation mean in a .sa WHOIS record?
signedDelegation on the DNSSEC line means the queried domain is signed and the registry holds DS data for it. nic.sa carries this value. Because the .sa zone is signed in the root as well, a resolver can validate the chain from the root down to such a domain. The line describes only the queried name, while the state of the extension shows in the DS record in the root.
Is there an RDAP service for .sa domains?
No, IANA's RDAP bootstrap list has no entry for .sa, so the WHOIS server on port 43 is the only machine-readable source of .sa registration data. The move to RDAP as the main channel covers generic extensions under ICANN contracts and does not bind country code registries such as CST. Tools that query RDAP alone get no answer for .sa names.