# NFT ownership and accounts

**URL:** <https://forum.flow.com/t/nft-ownership-and-accounts/738>\
**Category:** 🏄🏻‍♀️ Cadence\
**Created:** [January 4, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/nft-ownership-and-accounts/738 "2021-01-04T16:41:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![bastrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b4bc9f/32.png) [@bastrove](https://forum.flow.com/u/bastrove)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/nft-ownership-and-accounts/738/1 "2021-01-04T16:41:03Z")

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Am I correct in thinking that ownership of an NFT on Flow is primarily about who’s account it’s sitting in? I’m looking at the metadata discussions and thinking I’d like to do a DID document style interaction where it’s possible to put a DID document on chain or elsewhere, and use it to contain SSI based signatures of ownership and permissions for royalties etc.

@flowjosh FYI

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**Author:** ![flowjosh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.flow.com/flowjosh/32/362_2.png) [@flowjosh](https://forum.flow.com/u/flowjosh)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/nft-ownership-and-accounts/738/2 "2021-01-04T20:49:35Z")

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Yes, ownership is primarily about which account it is in, though there are some exceptions, like if a user is lending someone an NFT via an on-chain lending logic or if the NFT is owned by a resource in someone’s account. Does the account own the NFT or does the resource own the NFT? It kind of depends on how you look at it.

But yes, 99% of the time, the account where the NFT is stored is the account that owns it