diff --git a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Names/Record.hs b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Names/Record.hs
index 461bec16e..ed77eca20 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Names/Record.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Names/Record.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE DerivingStrategies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DerivingVia #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE NamedFieldPuns #-}
@@ -11,6 +13,9 @@ module Simplex.Messaging.Names.Record
     NameResponse (..),
     NameRegistration (..),
     NamePricing (..),
+    NameTerms (..),
+    TermsDoc (..),
+    ZstdTerms (..),
     USDCents (..),
     NameReservedReason (..),
   )
@@ -19,6 +24,7 @@ where
 import Data.Aeson (FromJSON (..), ToJSON (..))
 import qualified Data.Aeson as J
 import qualified Data.Aeson.TH as JQ
+import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
 import Data.Int (Int64)
 import Data.Map.Strict (Map)
 import Data.Text (Text)
@@ -85,7 +91,11 @@ data NameRegistration
         nameRecord :: NameRecord
       }
   | -- | Held by nobody, and registrable now.
-    NRAvailable {pricing :: NamePricing}
+    NRAvailable
+      { pricing :: NamePricing,
+        -- | absent only from a router before v24
+        nameTerms :: Maybe NameTerms
+      }
   | -- | Held back by the registry, and not for sale at its price.
     NRReserved {reservedReason :: NameReservedReason}
   deriving (Eq, Show)
@@ -101,6 +111,27 @@ data NamePricing = NamePricing
   }
   deriving (Eq, Show)
 
+-- | The terms a buyer of the name accepts, which the name policy keeps.
+data NameTerms
+  = -- | the general terms
+    NTGeneral {termsDoc :: TermsDoc}
+  | -- | a community name's community terms, which include the general ones
+    NTCommunity {termsDoc :: TermsDoc}
+  deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+-- | Terms as the name policy keeps them: a link to one file at one commit, whose keccak256 a buyer accepts.
+data TermsDoc = TermsDoc
+  { -- | ends in #sha256=<hex> of the file
+    termsLink :: Text,
+    -- | the file in one zstd frame, when it fits the answer
+    termsZstd :: Maybe ZstdTerms
+  }
+  deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+newtype ZstdTerms = ZstdTerms ByteString
+  deriving newtype (Eq, Show, StrEncoding)
+  deriving (ToJSON, FromJSON) via (StrJSON "ZstdTerms" ZstdTerms)
+
 -- | Why the registry holds a name back.
 data NameReservedReason
   = -- | held for SimpleX
@@ -137,6 +168,10 @@ instance FromJSON NameReservedReason where
 
 $(JQ.deriveJSON defaultJSON ''NamePricing)
 
+$(JQ.deriveJSON defaultJSON ''TermsDoc)
+
+$(JQ.deriveJSON (taggedObjectJSON $ dropPrefix "NT") ''NameTerms)
+
 -- taggedObjectJSON, not sumTypeJSON: this JSON is the RNAME payload and the
 -- resolver contract, so it must not vary with the swift build flag.
 $(JQ.deriveJSON (taggedObjectJSON $ dropPrefix "NR") ''NameRegistration)
diff --git a/tests/RSLVTests.hs b/tests/RSLVTests.hs
index 0d096bccb..e9b931314 100644
--- a/tests/RSLVTests.hs
+++ b/tests/RSLVTests.hs
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ testRslvAvailable =
     testSMPClient @TLS $ \h -> do
       (corrId, _entId, resp) <- sendRslv h "na01" (domain "ghost.simplex")
       corrId `shouldBe` CorrId "na01"
-      resp `shouldBe` Right (RNAME (resolved (NRAvailable testPricing)))
+      resp `shouldBe` Right (RNAME (resolved (NRAvailable testPricing Nothing)))
 
 testRslvReserved :: HasTestEnv => IO ()
 testRslvReserved =
diff --git a/tests/SMPNamesTests.hs b/tests/SMPNamesTests.hs
index 7f28a0b34..452c99428 100644
--- a/tests/SMPNamesTests.hs
+++ b/tests/SMPNamesTests.hs
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ availabilitySpec = do
     answers heldBackBody . resolved $
       NRRegistered {expires = Just (RoundedSystemTime 1813853483), graceUntil = Just (RoundedSystemTime 1821629483), reservedReason_ = Just NRRInternal, nameRecord = testNameRecord}
   it "an unregistered name answers with the price" $
-    answers availableBody (resolved NRAvailable {pricing = testPricing})
+    answers availableBody (resolved NRAvailable {pricing = testPricing, nameTerms = Nothing})
   it "reserved carries the reason and no price" $
     answers reservedBody (resolved $ NRReserved NRRTrademark)
   -- losing the reservation would offer a name that cannot be registered
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ availabilitySpec = do
       (\a -> J.eitherDecodeStrict (LB.toStrict (J.encode a)) `shouldBe` Right a)
       [ registeredAlice,
         NRRegistered {expires = Nothing, graceUntil = Nothing, reservedReason_ = Just NRRInternal, nameRecord = testNameRecord},
-        NRAvailable {pricing = testPricing},
+        NRAvailable {pricing = testPricing, nameTerms = Nothing},
         NRReserved NRRInternal,
         NRReserved NRRTrademark,
         NRReserved NRRCommunity,