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Paul Waters

11-11-2004 11:50 AM

Is a PO Box a Valid Address for Whois Information?

The ICANN site refers to a valid postal address.

Is a PO Box a valid postal address?

If so, how do you serve court documents to a registrant if they are uncooperative?

Thanks

Mr Dickovitch

11-11-2004 11:56 AM

Yes a PO Box is valid. You can send a certified letter to a PO Box and in America to own a PO Box you must show them your real proven home address too anyway.

princess

11-11-2004 11:57 AM

a P O Box is what shows up when you do a whois on one of my domains.

Paul Waters

11-11-2004 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr Dickovitch
Yes a PO Box is valid. You can send a certified letter to a PO Box and in America to own a PO Box you must show them your real proven home address too anyway.

But the addressee need never accept the certified letter. At least in Canada they must sign for it, so a card is left in the PO Box, that they might simply destroy.

What about documents that must be served in person?

Thanks

Spunky

11-11-2004 12:01 PM

I thought that wasn't allowed..maybe I'm wrong

Paul Waters

11-11-2004 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by princess
a P O Box is what shows up when you do a whois on one of my domains.

I see it a lot as well.

But can I complain to their registrar?

I am thinking the requirements for a corporation would be similar. A legal address to serve legal papers should be required.

Paul Waters

11-11-2004 01:17 PM

bump

Abyss_Vee

11-11-2004 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr Dickovitch
Yes a PO Box is valid. You can send a certified letter to a PO Box and in America to own a PO Box you must show them your real proven home address too anyway.

not if you pay extra

BoNgHiTtA

11-11-2004 01:20 PM

Im pretty sure PO boxes are ok.

Paul Waters

11-11-2004 08:31 PM

bump

DEA - banned for life

11-11-2004 08:36 PM

The rules for Getting a po box or having to have a valid street adress to register a domain are like the Department Motor Vehicle's rules...everytime you go there its a diffrent story:warning

ProjectNaked

11-11-2004 08:36 PM

P.O. Box is not good for anything official--

Dynamix

11-11-2004 08:43 PM

http://www.pwregistry.pw/downloads/p...s/policy06.pdf

Quote:

Data Accuracy of Personal Data
The registrant will be required to provide their legal identity along with postal mailing address, email
address, facsimile number (if any) and telephone number where they can be reached during standard
business hours in country. They may also provide other contacts for the domain, including
Administrative, Technical and Billing contacts. Each contact must include name or organization,
mailing address, email address, facsimile number (if any), and telephone number where they can be
reached during standard business hours in country.
The required fields collected for each contact to complete the registration will be:
? Name
? Organization ( if an organization)
? Postal mailing address (street, city, state/province, postal code, country; post office box accepted where no street address is available)
? Telephone number
? Fax number ( if any)
? Email address

xclusive

11-11-2004 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dynamix
http://www.pwregistry.pw/downloads/p...s/policy06.pdf

You might still have a case if you can prove that where the person lives that the PO Box is not needed and then if mail can be delivered in that town to the physical address then they are in violation...

Mr.Fiction

11-11-2004 08:51 PM

PO Boxes have always been accepted and legal.

You will not get anywhere fighting against that rule.

You're lucky the person you're looking for isn't using WHOIS privacy protection. Then you'd really have something to complain about.

Dynamix

11-11-2004 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by xclusive
You might still have a case if you can prove that where the person lives that the PO Box is not needed and then if mail can be delivered in that town to the physical address then they are in violation...

Very true. Your safest bet:

Register in a company name that has no physical address. You'll be clear of any allegations your business has one.

PrivateIvy

11-11-2004 09:02 PM

PO Box is fine for Whois info...it's 2257 that will not allow use of a PO Box

:2 cents:

Ivy

GeorgeK

11-11-2004 09:17 PM

I had asked this question of ICANN a few years ago, as we were debating this very question in one of the policy lists.

Their answer was that indeed a P.O. Box *is* ok for the WHOIS address.

I found the email exchange archived on the mailing list (Dan Halloran was the ICANN person). You can find it at:

http://www.opensrs.org/archives/disc...0205/0810.html

Q.E.D.

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