> Personal .cr domain names may only be registered by Costa Rican citizens over the age of 12 having an identity card and included in the Citizens' Registry of the Supreme Electoral Court of Costa Rica. In order to certify that they are citizens of the Republic of Costa Rica, the identity card must be valid at the time of submitting the application to register the personal domain name.
> NIC Costa Rica shall only approve a personal domain name once it verifies that its holder meets the requirements set forth in Section 9 of this document for the registration of personal domain names. The applicant must also send a copy of both sides of the identity card to the email [email protected].
> Requests for personal domain names under .cr shall be reviewed by NIC Costa Rica using the tools provided by the National Registry and the Supreme Electoral Court of Costa Rica, as well as any other means NIC Costa Rica considers necessary.
Originally, the idea was that you owned a domain name. Gradually, domain registrars have moved this to the concept that you're just renting it from them. Although you can still transfer domains to another registrar.
I'd like to find a domain registrar whose contractual terms stated that you own your domain name, and they are contractually prohibited from cancelling it or revoking it without a court order. Basically, a contract that forbids what lawyers call "self-help".