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# Accepting an animal someone transferred to you

Open the transfer from your Creatures notification, email or text, check the details on **Review this transfer**, then select **Accept transfer**. The animal's profile, records, photos and ownership history become yours right away.

Nothing changes until you accept. If you don't recognize the handoff, select **Decline**.

## Before you start

Sign in with the account the transfer was sent to. If you're signed in to a different account, Creatures signs you out and asks you to sign in with the right one.

New to Creatures? The email or text invite lets you create your account first. Then it brings you back to the transfer.

## Open the transfer

- **Notification:** if the seller picked you on Creatures, you'll see a notification such as "Harper Lindgren is transferring Bonnie of Cedar Hollow to you." Select it.
- **Email or text:** if the seller invited you by email or text, use the link in their message. The email shows their name "via Creatures."

![Notification that Harper Lindgren is transferring Bonnie of Cedar Hollow to you](https://cdn-test.creatures.com/16d/bfb/334/3c137.png?width=780)

## Review and accept

**Review this transfer** shows the **Animal**, who it's **From** and **To**, the **Reason** and the **Sale price** (or **Adoption fee**). **Timeline** tells you whether that price shows on the animal's public ownership timeline.

![Review this transfer with the transfer details, Decline and Accept transfer](https://cdn-test.creatures.com/573/a04/3e3/93fcd.png?width=1456)

Check that you know the animal and the sender. Then select **Accept transfer**. Creatures confirms that you now own the animal and opens its profile.

## What happens next

The profile shows **Transfer completed**, with **View transfer receipt** and **Review team access**.

The previous owner keeps previous-owner access. They can still read private records and add photos and records, so they can share updates. You'll see them in the animal's team as **Previous owner (care access)**.

![Previous owner (care access) row for Harper Lindgren on Fern of Cedar Hollow](https://cdn-test.creatures.com/9ad/42d/c49/10d4f.png?width=1232)

For now, only the previous owner can end this access, from the animal's **More animal actions** menu. If a farm sent the animal, a farm manager does it. You can't remove the row yourself, so ask them if you'd like it ended. You can also switch their role to **Team** or **Co-owner**, which sends them an invitation.

Accepting doesn't change where the animal lives. If it moved to your place, select **Update location** on the profile.

## If you decline

Select **Decline** if you don't recognize the transfer. Creatures tells the sender, and refunds any transfer fee they paid. An invite you don't answer expires after 14 days.

## If something looks wrong

- **"The sender no longer owns this animal."** Ask the sender to check the profile and send a new transfer.
- **A message about an active listing.** The sender needs to end or resolve the listing first.
- **"This transfer is no longer available."** It may already be accepted, or a newer transfer replaced it.
- **The link doesn't open.** The invite may have expired or been replaced. Ask the sender to send it again.

### Related information

- [Transferring an animal to its new owner](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/transferring-an-animal-to-its-new-owner-1txfz6z/)
- [Co-owners and team members: sharing access to an animal](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/co-owners-and-team-members-sharing-access-to-an-animal-o9ohj0/)
- [Move animals and review location history](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/move-animals-and-review-location-history-jevbid/)