ARIN-prop-355: Clarification of Recipient Requirements for 8.3 Transfers

Clarification of Recipient Requirements for 8.3 Transfers

Problem Statement

The 12-month hold placed on a recipient of an 8.3 transfer that prohibits a recipient becoming the source entity of a subsequent 8.3 transfer is not sufficiently clear in a number of community members’ views, leading to poor experiences and operational complications for those community members. Members have requested a clearer statement of this condition in policy.

Policy Statement

Current Text:

Under 8.3:

Conditions on source of the transfer (third bullet point):

• With the exception of M&A transfers under section 8.2, the source entity must not have received a transfer, allocation, or assignment from ARIN for the past 12 months. This requirement may be waived by ARIN for transfers made in connection with a renumbering exercise designed to more efficiently utilize number resources under section 8.5.5.1.

Under 8.4:

• Source entities within the ARIN region must not have received a transfer, allocation, or assignment of IPv4 addresses from ARIN for the 12 months prior to the approval of a transfer request, unless either the source or recipient entity owns or controls the other, or both are under common ownership or control. This restriction does not include 8.2. transfers.

Proposed text:

Changes to 8.3:

Under “Conditions on source of the transfer”, modify the second bullet point to read:

• With the exception of M&A transfers under section 8.2, the source entity must not have received an allocation or assignment from ARIN, or a transfer processed by ARIN, of any resource in the past 12 months, starting from the date that allocation, assignment, or transfer was approved.

Under “Conditions on recipient of the transfer”, add:

• With the exception of M&A transfers under section 8.2, a recipient entity who has received an allocation or assignment from ARIN, or a transfer processed by ARIN, may not become the source entity of a subsequent 8.3 transfer of any resource for 12 months from the date the transfer is approved.

Add paragraph after the above bullet points:

The 12-month hold time requirements listed above may be waived for transfers related to a renumbering exercise designed to more efficiently utilize number resources under section 8.5.5.1.

Changes to 8.4:

Under “Conditions on source of the transfer”, modify the third bullet point to read:

• With the exception of M&A transfers under section 8.2, the source entity must not have received an allocation or assignment from ARIN, or a transfer processed by ARIN, of any resource in the past 12 months, starting from the date that allocation, assignment, or transfer was approved, unless either the source or recipient entity owns or controls the other, or both are under common ownership or control. This restriction does not include 8.2. Transfers.

Under “Conditions on recipient of the transfer”, add:

• With the exception of M&A transfers under section 8.2, a recipient entity who has received an allocation or assignment from ARIN, or a transfer processed by ARIN, may not become the source entity of a subsequent 8.3 transfer of any resource for 12 months from the date the transfer is approved, unless either the source or recipient entity owns or controls the other, or both are under common ownership or control. This restriction does not include 8.2. transfers.

Add paragraph after the above bullet points:

The 12-month hold time requirements listed above may be waived for transfers related to a renumbering exercise designed to more efficiently utilize number resources under section 8.5.5.1.

Comments

This proposal is a work product of the PERWG, in response to the ARIN Policy Experience Report presented at ARIN 58 in October 2026.

This proposal is not intended to change existing practices; its goal is to more clearly state the 12-month hold time requirement that is currently in force.