---
id: "trustee-service"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "trustee service"
language: "en"
category: "Registration life cycle"
updated: "2026-10-08T09:46:20Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/trustee-service/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/servicio-fiduciario/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/treuhand-service/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/service-presence-locale/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/servizio-trustee/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/servico-trustee/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/usluga-doverennogo-litsa/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/shoutuo-fuwu/"
---

# trustee service

A paid service in which a registrar or a partner supplies a local person, company or address so that a foreign customer can meet a TLD's local presence rule. Depending on the TLD, the provider may be listed as the registrant or only as a local contact. Some registries forbid it.

## related terms

- [local presence requirement](https://tldlog.com/glossary/local-presence-requirement/)
- [eligibility requirements](https://tldlog.com/glossary/eligibility-requirements/)
- [ccTLD](https://tldlog.com/glossary/cctld/)
- [registrar](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registrar/)
- [privacy/proxy service](https://tldlog.com/glossary/privacy-proxy-service/)