diff --git a/x/der/keeper/der_asset.go b/x/der/keeper/der_asset.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51933b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/der/keeper/der_asset.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package keeper
+
+import (
+	"github.com/planetmint/planetmint-go/util"
+	"github.com/planetmint/planetmint-go/x/der/types"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store/prefix"
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+)
+
+func (k Keeper) StoreDerAttest(ctx sdk.Context, asset types.DER) {
+	store := prefix.NewStore(ctx.KVStore(k.storeKey), types.KeyPrefix(types.DerAssetKey))
+	appendValue := k.cdc.MustMarshal(&asset)
+	store.Set(util.SerializeString(asset.ZigbeeID), appendValue)
+}
+
+func (k Keeper) LookupLiquidAsset(ctx sdk.Context, zigbeeID string) (val types.DER, found bool) {
+	store := prefix.NewStore(ctx.KVStore(k.storeKey), types.KeyPrefix(types.DerAssetKey))
+	derAsset := store.Get(util.SerializeString(zigbeeID))
+
+	if derAsset == nil {
+		return val, false
+	}
+	if err := k.cdc.Unmarshal(derAsset, &val); err != nil {
+		return val, false
+	}
+	return val, true
+}
diff --git a/x/der/keeper/msg_server_register_der.go b/x/der/keeper/msg_server_register_der.go
index ac74bdd..a77105d 100644
--- a/x/der/keeper/msg_server_register_der.go
+++ b/x/der/keeper/msg_server_register_der.go
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import (
 func (k msgServer) RegisterDER(goCtx context.Context, msg *types.MsgRegisterDER) (*types.MsgRegisterDERResponse, error) {
 	ctx := sdk.UnwrapSDKContext(goCtx)
 
-	// TODO: Handling the message
-	_ = ctx
+	k.StoreDerAttest(ctx, *msg.Der)
+
+	//TODO: init NFT creation and storag of NFT to DER associations
 
 	return &types.MsgRegisterDERResponse{}, nil
 }
diff --git a/x/der/types/keys.go b/x/der/types/keys.go
index 34fc5ed..c258d8c 100644
--- a/x/der/types/keys.go
+++ b/x/der/types/keys.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ const (
 
 	// MemStoreKey defines the in-memory store key
 	MemStoreKey = "mem_der"
+
+	DerAssetKey = "Der/DerAsset/"
 )
 
 func KeyPrefix(p string) []byte {