# service_identities.transfer_ownership Transfer service-identity ownership Transfers administrative ownership to another active principal. A service identity cannot own itself. The service identity's subject, immutable creator, credentials, grants, and roles are unchanged. Args: id (str): Service-identity UUID request (TransferOwnershipRequest | dict): The request payload. Accepts a TransferOwnershipRequest instance or a plain dict with the same fields. Returns: TransferServiceIdentityOwnershipResponse ```python service_identities.transfer_ownership(*, id: 'str', request: 'TransferOwnershipRequest | dict') -> 'TransferServiceIdentityOwnershipResponse' ``` [service_identities](../service_identities.md) · [Python](../../python.md) Related types — open only those used by your request: - [TransferOwnershipRequest](../models/TransferOwnershipRequest.md)