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# Transfer a vehicle to another character

> **Permission:** `civilians.manage_own`. The caller must own both characters, or hold `civilians.manage`.

**Access:** Browser session only.

Ends the current keeper period and starts a new one, so the vehicle keeps its keeper history. The new keeper must be an active character.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /civilians/{id}/vehicles/{vehicleId}/transfer
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Argus API
  version: 0.1.0
  summary: The HTTP API behind the Argus web application.
  description: >-
    Argus is the operations platform for the UK London Mayfair ER:LC community.
    This document describes the API its own web application uses.


    **This is an internal application API.** It is not a stable public API:
    paths, fields and behaviour can change with any release, there is no
    versioning, and browser requests are tied to the application's own origin.
    Scoped service credentials exist for the community's own integrations.


    All paths are relative to `/api` on the deployment's origin. Responses are
    JSON, never cacheable, and carry an `X-Request-Id` header.
servers:
  - url: http://localhost:3000/api
    description: Local development
  - url: '{origin}/api'
    description: A deployment. `origin` is that deployment's `APP_URL`.
    variables:
      origin:
        default: https://argus.example.org
        description: The application's public origin, with no trailing slash.
security: []
tags:
  - name: Authentication
    description: >-
      Discord sign-in, Roblox account linking, the current user, and temporary
      Developer Access.
  - name: CAD Incidents
    description: >-
      Control's incidents: creation, editing, closure, and dispatching units to
      them.
  - name: CAD Units
    description: Control's view of operational units and their crew.
  - name: CAD Calls
    description: Incoming calls and how they become, or join, incidents.
  - name: CAD Events
    description: The append-only operational history.
  - name: MDT
    description: >-
      Self-service for the people crewing a unit: booking on and off, joining a
      unit, and changing its status.
  - name: Civilians
    description: 'The civilian portal: a member''s own characters, licences and vehicles.'
  - name: PNC Lookup
    description: >-
      Searching people and vehicles, full records, record history and official
      vehicle status.
  - name: PNC Licences
    description: Official changes to driving licences.
  - name: PNC Records
    description: Official records attached to people.
  - name: PNC Warrants
    description: Warrants and their lifecycle.
  - name: PNC Markers
    description: Markers and BOLOs on people and vehicles.
  - name: Staff
    description: Staff profiles and role membership.
  - name: Shifts
    description: Staff shifts.
  - name: Sessions
    description: Operational roleplay sessions.
  - name: Moderation
    description: Warnings, kicks and bans, with their delivery state.
  - name: Audit
    description: The append-only audit log.
  - name: Administration
    description: Accounts, roles and service credentials.
  - name: ERLC
    x-displayName: ER:LC
    description: Live data from the ER:LC private server.
paths:
  /civilians/{id}/vehicles/{vehicleId}/transfer:
    post:
      tags:
        - Civilians
      summary: Transfer a vehicle to another character
      description: >-
        **Permission:** `civilians.manage_own`. The caller must own both
        characters, or hold `civilians.manage`.


        **Access:** Browser session only.


        Ends the current keeper period and starts a new one, so the vehicle
        keeps its keeper history. The new keeper must be an active character.
      operationId: transferVehicle
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Id'
          description: Civilian ID of the current keeper.
        - name: vehicleId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Id'
          description: Vehicle ID.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                toCivilianId:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Id'
              required:
                - toCivilianId
              additionalProperties: false
            example:
              toCivilianId: cmg6a1civ000gl508civ00002
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/OwnedVehicle'
                required:
                  - data
              example:
                data:
                  id: cmg6a4veh000jl508veh00001
                  plate: LK21ABC
                  make: BMW
                  model: 3 Series
                  colour: Black
                  type: CAR
                  registrationStatus: REGISTERED
                  insuranceStatus: INSURED
                  motStatus: VALID
                  taxStatus: TAXED
                  createdAt: '2026-10-06T19:30:00.000Z'
                  updatedAt: '2026-10-06T19:30:00.000Z'
                  keeperSince: '2026-10-06T19:42:10.000Z'
        '400':
          description: |-
            `INVALID_TRANSFER`: the vehicle is already kept by that character.

            `INVALID_INPUT`: malformed body.

            `INVALID_JSON`: the body is missing or is not valid JSON.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              example:
                error:
                  code: INVALID_TRANSFER
                  message: The vehicle is already kept by this character.
                requestId: 3f1c9d5e-7a42-4f0b-9c1e-8b6d2a4e5f70
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthenticated'
        '403':
          description: >-
            `FORBIDDEN`: the caller does not own both characters.


            `USER_REQUIRED`: the caller is a service credential.


            `INVALID_ORIGIN`: a browser request whose `Origin` is not the
            application's own.


            `ACCOUNT_DISABLED`: the account is suspended or disabled.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              example:
                error:
                  code: FORBIDDEN
                  message: 'Permission required: civilians.manage_own.'
                requestId: 3f1c9d5e-7a42-4f0b-9c1e-8b6d2a4e5f70
        '404':
          description: >-
            `NOT_FOUND`: no such character, or the source does not keep this
            vehicle.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              example:
                error:
                  code: NOT_FOUND
                  message: Character not found.
                requestId: 3f1c9d5e-7a42-4f0b-9c1e-8b6d2a4e5f70
        '409':
          description: |-
            `CIVILIAN_INACTIVE`: the new keeper is not active.

            `VEHICLE_LIMIT`: the new keeper already keeps 20 vehicles.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              example:
                error:
                  code: CIVILIAN_INACTIVE
                  message: Only an active character can do this.
                requestId: 3f1c9d5e-7a42-4f0b-9c1e-8b6d2a4e5f70
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnexpectedError'
      security:
        - sessionCookie: []
components:
  schemas:
    Id:
      type: string
      minLength: 1
      maxLength: 64
      pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$
      description: Argus record identifier.
    OwnedVehicle:
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Vehicle'
        - type: object
          properties:
            keeperSince:
              type: string
              format: date-time
          required:
            - keeperSince
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              description: Stable machine-readable code.
            message:
              type: string
            details:
              description: >-
                Present on some errors. Validation failures carry an array of
                `{path, message}`; ER:LC failures carry `{availability:
                "unavailable"}`.
          required:
            - code
            - message
        requestId:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: >-
            Also sent as the `X-Request-Id` header. Quote it when reporting a
            problem.
      required:
        - error
        - requestId
    Vehicle:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Id'
        plate:
          type: string
          pattern: ^[A-Z0-9]{2,8}$
          description: Registration, stored in capitals without spaces or hyphens.
        make:
          type: string
        model:
          type: string
        colour:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - CAR
            - MOTORCYCLE
            - VAN
            - LORRY
            - BUS
            - OTHER
        registrationStatus:
          type: string
          enum:
            - REGISTERED
            - SUSPENDED
            - SCRAPPED
        insuranceStatus:
          type: string
          enum:
            - INSURED
            - UNINSURED
        motStatus:
          type: string
          enum:
            - VALID
            - EXPIRED
        taxStatus:
          type: string
          enum:
            - TAXED
            - UNTAXED
            - SORN
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      required:
        - id
        - plate
        - make
        - model
        - colour
        - type
        - registrationStatus
        - insuranceStatus
        - motStatus
        - taxStatus
        - createdAt
        - updatedAt
  headers:
    RequestId:
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
      description: Identifies this request in server logs.
    RetryAfter:
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
      description: Seconds to wait before trying again.
  responses:
    Unauthenticated:
      description: >-
        `UNAUTHENTICATED`: no session cookie, or an invalid, expired or revoked
        service credential.


        `SESSION_EXPIRED`: the session has ended.
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: UNAUTHENTICATED
              message: Sign in to continue.
            requestId: 3f1c9d5e-7a42-4f0b-9c1e-8b6d2a4e5f70
    RateLimited:
      description: >-
        `RATE_LIMITED`: more than 180 reads or 60 writes in a minute for this
        caller.
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RetryAfter'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: RATE_LIMITED
              message: Too many requests.
            requestId: 3f1c9d5e-7a42-4f0b-9c1e-8b6d2a4e5f70
    UnexpectedError:
      description: >-
        Any other failure, in the same error envelope: `INTERNAL_ERROR` (500),
        `METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED` (405), `BODY_TOO_LARGE` (413, over 16 KiB) or
        `UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE` (415, body not sent as `application/json`).
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: INTERNAL_ERROR
              message: The request could not be completed.
            requestId: 3f1c9d5e-7a42-4f0b-9c1e-8b6d2a4e5f70
  securitySchemes:
    sessionCookie:
      type: apiKey
      in: cookie
      name: __Host-argus-session
      description: >-
        The opaque session cookie set by Discord sign-in. Named `argus-session`
        outside production. HttpOnly, so scripts cannot read it; same-origin
        requests send it automatically. Requests other than GET must also carry
        an `Origin` header equal to the application's own origin.

````

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