# BeneficiaryDoesNotOwnHotkey (/docs/errors/chain/BeneficiaryDoesNotOwnHotkey)

When ending a subnet lease, the hotkey passed for the ownership handover is not owned by the lease's beneficiary coldkey. Check the `Owner` storage for that hotkey and pass a hotkey the beneficiary coldkey actually owns.

Declared by the `SubtensorModule` pallet; it classifies to the semantic code [`not_authorized`](/docs/errors/not-authorized).

## Remediation [#remediation]

Sign with the key or origin that owns the target object, then retry

The same explanation is available in the terminal: `btcli explain BeneficiaryDoesNotOwnHotkey`.