---
id: "registrar-of-record"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "registrar of record"
language: "en"
category: "Transfers and EPP"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/registrar-of-record/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/registrador-patrocinador/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/zustaendiger-registrar/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/bureau-enregistrement-responsable/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/registrar-riferimento/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/registrador-patrocinador/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/registrator-sponsor/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/baojian-zhuce-fuwu-jigou/"
---

# registrar of record

The registrar that currently manages a domain at the registry. It is the one named in RDAP or WHOIS results, and the only one able to renew, change or delete the domain. It changes only when a transfer to another registrar is completed.

## related terms

- [registrar](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registrar/)
- [gaining registrar](https://tldlog.com/glossary/gaining-registrar/)
- [losing registrar](https://tldlog.com/glossary/losing-registrar/)
- [domain transfer](https://tldlog.com/glossary/domain-transfer/)
- [IANA registrar ID](https://tldlog.com/glossary/iana-registrar-id/)