diff --git a/app/models/actions/contact_delete.rb b/app/models/actions/contact_delete.rb
index 59032d566..d4169e8b3 100644
--- a/app/models/actions/contact_delete.rb
+++ b/app/models/actions/contact_delete.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ module Actions
         return
       end
 
+      if contact.delete_prohibited?
+        contact.errors.add(:status, :delete_prohibited)
+        return
+      end
+
       commit
     end
 
diff --git a/app/models/epp/contact.rb b/app/models/epp/contact.rb
index 0c0ed3d5f..e7054c8aa 100644
--- a/app/models/epp/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/epp/contact.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ class Epp::Contact < Contact
         [:code, :epp_id_taken]
       ],
       '2305' => [ # Association exists
-        [:domains, :exist]
+        [:domains, :exist],
+        [:domains, :delete_prohibited],
       ]
     }
   end
diff --git a/config/locales/contacts.en.yml b/config/locales/contacts.en.yml
index 906bde193..b5f0dd7ed 100644
--- a/config/locales/contacts.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/contacts.en.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ en:
               email_regex_check_error: Invalid format
             domains:
               exist: 'Object association prohibits operation'
+            status:
+              delete_prohibited: Contact delete prohibited by status
             statuses:
               not_uniq: 'not uniq'
             country_code:
diff --git a/test/integration/epp/contact/delete/base_test.rb b/test/integration/epp/contact/delete/base_test.rb
index a93b68b6d..5bdb7b8cf 100644
--- a/test/integration/epp/contact/delete/base_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/epp/contact/delete/base_test.rb
@@ -115,4 +115,4 @@ class EppContactDeleteBaseTest < EppTestCase
     DomainContact.delete_all
     contacts(:john)
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end