# Emeritus Citizen

### EMERITUS CITIZEN:

{% hint style="info" %} <mark style="color:green;">**De Registry: Local**</mark>

<mark style="color:green;">**Registrar:**</mark> [<mark style="color:blue;">Steward Group</mark>](https://docs.openconstitution.us/global-statutes/fiscal-hosts/steward-group) <mark style="color:green;">of a</mark> [<mark style="color:blue;">Fiscal Host</mark>](https://docs.openconstitution.us/global-statutes/fiscal-hosts)<mark style="color:blue;">/Node</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">**All natural persons, de-registered from the Local registry, acquire an "emeritus" status on the Open Constitution network.**</mark>&#x20;

E.g

A citizen who remains in Interstellar space for a sustained period of time.

A citizen who has died.

<mark style="color:purple;">An emeritus Citizen remains registered on the Global Registry, for the purpose of posthumous claims of the citizen's sentience data.</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">In the case of a citizen's death, unless there exists any notification to the Registrar of posthumous claims on metadata associated with the citizen, (claims by their guardian or heir) Right to Forgotten is applicable after one year of the citizen's death on planet earth.</mark>&#x20;

Note: Emeritus Citizens are also termed as **"former members"**, in this Open Constitution.<br>
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Read [Data Protection Rights of Emeritus Citizen](https://docs.openconstitution.us/global-statutes/foundation/citizenship/broken-reference)<br>
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