diff --git a/app/models/concerns/contact/archivable.rb b/app/models/concerns/contact/archivable.rb
index 8218dedaf..ae9fdf053 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/contact/archivable.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/contact/archivable.rb
@@ -17,16 +17,23 @@ module Concerns
         inactive
       end
 
-      def archive(verified: false)
+      def archive(verified: false, notify: true)
         unless verified
           raise 'Contact cannot be archived' unless archivable?(post: true)
         end
 
+        notify_registrar_about_archivation if notify
         destroy!
       end
 
       private
 
+      def notify_registrar_about_archivation
+        registrar.notifications.create!(text: I18n.t('contact_has_been_archived',
+                                                contact_code: code,
+                                                orphan_months: Setting.orphans_contacts_in_months))
+      end
+
       def inactive?
         if DomainVersion.contact_unlinked_more_than?(contact_id: id, period: inactivity_period)
           return true
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 27299072e..6c9877de4 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -643,6 +643,7 @@ en:
   cant_match_version: 'Impossible match version with request'
   user_not_authenticated: "user not authenticated"
   actions: Actions
+  contact_has_been_archived: 'Contact with code %{contact_code} has been archieved because it has been orphaned for longer than %{orphan_months} months.'
 
   number:
     currency: