diff --git a/app/models/actions/contact_delete.rb b/app/models/actions/contact_delete.rb
index 59032d566..60d3252c4 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(:statuses, :delete_prohibited)
+        return
+      end
+
       commit
     end
 
diff --git a/app/models/epp/contact.rb b/app/models/epp/contact.rb
index 0c0ed3d5f..4cd876d5f 100644
--- a/app/models/epp/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/epp/contact.rb
@@ -82,8 +82,11 @@ class Epp::Contact < Contact
       '2302' => [ # Object exists
         [:code, :epp_id_taken]
       ],
+      '2304' => [ # Status prohibits operation
+        [:statuses, :delete_prohibited],
+      ],
       '2305' => [ # Association exists
-        [:domains, :exist]
+        [:domains, :exist],
       ]
     }
   end
diff --git a/config/locales/contacts.en.yml b/config/locales/contacts.en.yml
index 906bde193..4b4d099d7 100644
--- a/config/locales/contacts.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/contacts.en.yml
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ en:
               email_regex_check_error: Invalid format
             domains:
               exist: 'Object association prohibits operation'
+              delete_prohibited: Contact delete prohibited by status
             statuses:
               not_uniq: 'not uniq'
+              delete_prohibited: Contact delete prohibited by status
             country_code:
               invalid: Country code is not valid, should be in ISO_3166-1 alpha 2 format (%{value})
             disclosed_attributes:
diff --git a/test/integration/epp/contact/delete/base_test.rb b/test/integration/epp/contact/delete/base_test.rb
index 26ba63897..e86bea9dd 100644
--- a/test/integration/epp/contact/delete/base_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/epp/contact/delete/base_test.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,60 @@ class EppContactDeleteBaseTest < EppTestCase
     assert_epp_response :completed_successfully
   end
 
+  def test_delete_contact_with_server_delete_prohibited
+    contact = deletable_contact
+    contact.update(statuses: Contact::SERVER_DELETE_PROHIBITED)
+    assert contact.statuses.include? Contact::SERVER_DELETE_PROHIBITED
+
+    contact.update_columns(code: contact.code.upcase)
+
+    request_xml = <<-XML
+      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+        <epp xmlns="https://epp.tld.ee/schema/epp-ee-1.0.xsd">
+          <command>
+            <delete>
+              <contact:delete xmlns:contact="https://epp.tld.ee/schema/contact-ee-1.1.xsd">
+                <contact:id>#{contact.code.upcase}</contact:id>
+              </contact:delete>
+            </delete>
+          </command>
+        </epp>
+    XML
+
+    post epp_delete_path, params: { frame: request_xml },
+        headers: { 'HTTP_COOKIE' => 'session=api_bestnames' }
+
+    assert Contact.exists?(id: contact.id)
+    assert_epp_response :object_status_prohibits_operation
+  end
+
+  def test_delete_contact_with_client_delete_prohibited
+    contact = deletable_contact
+    contact.update(statuses: Contact::CLIENT_DELETE_PROHIBITED)
+    assert contact.statuses.include? Contact::CLIENT_DELETE_PROHIBITED
+
+    contact.update_columns(code: contact.code.upcase)
+
+    request_xml = <<-XML
+      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+        <epp xmlns="https://epp.tld.ee/schema/epp-ee-1.0.xsd">
+          <command>
+            <delete>
+              <contact:delete xmlns:contact="https://epp.tld.ee/schema/contact-ee-1.1.xsd">
+                <contact:id>#{contact.code.upcase}</contact:id>
+              </contact:delete>
+            </delete>
+          </command>
+        </epp>
+    XML
+
+    post epp_delete_path, params: { frame: request_xml },
+        headers: { 'HTTP_COOKIE' => 'session=api_bestnames' }
+
+    assert Contact.exists?(id: contact.id)
+    assert_epp_response :object_status_prohibits_operation
+  end
+
   def test_undeletable_cannot_be_deleted
     contact = contacts(:john)
     assert_not contact.deletable?
@@ -61,4 +115,4 @@ class EppContactDeleteBaseTest < EppTestCase
     DomainContact.delete_all
     contacts(:john)
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end