# HotkeyOwnerPolicyViolation (/docs/errors/chain/HotkeyOwnerPolicyViolation)

This ownership change would weaken a protected hotkey's authorization. Use a coldkey account with a compatible authorization policy before registering, associating or moving ownership of the hotkey.

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

Declared at [`pallets/subtensor/src/macros/errors.rs#L469`](/code/pallets/subtensor/src/macros/errors.rs#L469).

## 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 HotkeyOwnerPolicyViolation`.