[arin-ppml] Deceased Companies?

[John Curran]

Adam - 

Contact the Registration Services Helpdesk… we deal with situations like this fairly often and can often find 
a way to either get the registration updated (so that the holder can use or monetize the resources) or have 
them relinquished back to the registry. 

Thanks!
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers


> On 25 Jul 2022, at 10:30 AM, Adam Thompson <athompson at merlin.mb.ca> wrote:
> 
> I don't think there is any such process today.  I would like to see such a process exist.
> 
> While you're addressing non-legacy blocks, though, I have the same issue/question with *legacy* blocks.
> I've recently identified almost a dozen Class C blocks (yes, they're that old :-D) where I'm 100% certain they are not in use, and 99.9% certain I'm the only person left on the planet who's aware of their existence... but I do not, or no longer, have any legal connection to the assignees, so I can't relinquish the addresses to ARIN.  Some of those assignees never had a legal existence in the first place (e.g. individual high schools), others no longer exist, others have moved or changed identity so establishing the succession to ARIN's satisfaction would be a nightmare.
> 
> What kind of a process does/would/could exist for reclaiming unused legacy blocks like these?  Or are they just frozen in time and (address) space forever and we're all OK with that?
> 
> -Adam
> 
> Adam Thompson
> Consultant, Infrastructure Services
> MERLIN
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> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ARIN-PPML <arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net> On Behalf Of Ronald F.
>> Guilmette
>> Sent: July 25, 2022 8:10 AM
>> To: arin-ppml at arin.net
>> Subject: [arin-ppml] Deceased Companies?
>> 
>> Can some helpful soul please point me to the section of the NPRM that lays
>> out the ARIN policy/policies that relate to ARIN members / resources holders
>> that were, once upon a time, legally constituted corporate entities, but
>> that
>> have ceased being validly registered corporate entities?
>> 
>> I am most particularly interested to know whether ARIN is either permitted
>> or obligated to reclaim any number resources that may have been assigned to
>> such entities.
>> 
>> NOTE:  I am asking now *only* about NON-LEGACY memberships & resources.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> rfg
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