Registrar location vs country laws

[future assassin]

Just wondering if registrars have to abide by their counties laws when it comes to domain names or do they follow ICAAN rules first.

For example say someone registers a .com from a registrar in the US but the server where the domain is hosted is in another country. This domain/website is used to sell a product that is illegal in the US but not the host country. Can the US gov force/muscle the registrar to cancel/change the domain ownership. Or use the excuse that that domain was registered in the US to track emails/commerce activities from the said domain.

Thanks

 

[Dave_Z]

That depends on the nature of the issue.

If it's a registrar compliance issue with ICANN (e.g. invalid WHOIS), then they
step in. If it's a legal one (e.g. trademark infringement suit via Court), then
the laws of where the registrar does business at kicks in.

Ultimately it's up to the registrar how to respond.