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title: "ICANN Contractual Compliance"
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# ICANN Contractual Compliance

The ICANN department that checks whether registries and registrars follow their contracts and ICANN policies. It handles complaints, runs audits and can issue formal notices of breach. Registrants can file complaints with it, for example about transfers or abuse handling.

## related terms

- [contracted parties](https://tldlog.com/glossary/contracted-parties/)
- [RAA](https://tldlog.com/glossary/raa/)
- [Registry Agreement](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-agreement/)
- [consensus policy](https://tldlog.com/glossary/consensus-policy/)