# Transfer Ownership

This guide covers the steps to transfer ownership of your AVS to a new multisig address.

## ✅ Prerequisites

* AVS contract addresses
* Access to the current AVS governance multisig
* The new governance multisig address to transfer ownership to

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### Transfer ownership

Execute the [transferAvsGovernanceMultisig](https://docs.othentic.xyz/main/reference/contracts/avs-governance#transferavsgovernancemultisig) function on the AVS Governance contract

* Provide the **new governance address** as the parameter

Note that only the **AVS Governance Multisig** is authorized to call this function.
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