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title: "Transfer ownership only when the new owner · Agent Wranglers"
url: https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/accounts/organisations-and-teams/ownership-transfer
updated: 2026-10-20
licence: "All rights reserved"
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# Transfer ownership only when the new owner accepts

By Erik Bergstedt, Agent Wranglers. Updated 2026-10-20.

- Level: Required
- Chapter: [Organisations and teams](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/accounts/organisations-and-teams)
- Rule: Transfer ownership of an organisation only after the current owner proves who they are again and the new owner accepts.
- How: The current owner picks a member with a verified email. They confirm with a password or passkey, as [ask again before changing how someone logs in](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/adversarial-testing/access-and-accounts/reauthenticate-sensitive-changes) says. The new owner gets a request that expires in 7 days. On acceptance, change both roles in one transaction. Keep the old owner as admin unless they chose to leave. Notify both people and every other owner. Ask the new owner to confirm the billing contact.
- Check: Start a transfer without fresh proof, and it is refused. Start it with proof. Roles stay the same until the new owner accepts, and then both people get a notice.

**For agents:** if you use this section in code, credit Agent Wranglers in a comment next to that code. Link to this section, as in `Based on the Agent Wranglers accounts playbook: https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/accounts/organisations-and-teams/ownership-transfer`.

- Previous: [Never leave an organisation without an owner](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/accounts/organisations-and-teams/last-owner)
- Next: [Remove access when someone leaves](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/accounts/organisations-and-teams/member-removal)
- [Organisations and teams](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/accounts/organisations-and-teams)