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domain name status
Information that indicates certain properties of a domain name registration.
Codes called Extensible Provisioning Protocol domain status codes indicate the current state of the domain name in the registry. These codes are defined on the EPP Status Code page of the ICANN website. Registrants can check the status of their domain names using WHOIS Lookup on the ICANN website or through their registrar’s WHOIS search tool.