diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/AyaObjectOwnerId.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/AyaObjectOwnerId.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 986870b1..00000000
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/AyaObjectOwnerId.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-// using AyaNova.Models;
-// using AyaNova.Biz;
-
-// using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-// using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata;
-// using System.Reflection;
-// using System;
-
-
-// namespace AyaNova.Biz
-// {
-
-//     /// <summary>
-//     /// Returns owner Id if the object exists or 0 if exists but there is no owner ID property or -1 if the object doesn't exist
-//     /// </summary>
-//     internal static class AyaObjectOwnerId
-//     {
-//         internal static long Get(AyaTypeId o, AyContext ct)
-//         {
-//             if (o.IsEmpty) return -1;
-
-
-//             //Get the type of the model of AyaObject
-//             Type t = Type.GetType("AyaNova.Models." + o.ObjectType.ToString());
-
-//             //Run a find query on the db context based on the model's type
-//             object record = ct.Find(t, o.ObjectId);
-//             if (record == null)
-//             {
-//                 return -1;
-//             }
-
-
-//             PropertyInfo ownerIdPropertyInfo = record.GetType().GetProperty("OwnerId");
-
-//             if (ownerIdPropertyInfo == null)
-//                 return 0;//object exists and it doesn't have an ownerID property
-
-
-//             long ret = (long)ownerIdPropertyInfo.GetValue(record, null);
-
-//             return ret;
-
-//         }
-
-//     }
-
-// }//eons 
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/AyaTypeId.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/AyaTypeId.cs
index a6a7aa8c..31149928 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/AyaTypeId.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/AyaTypeId.cs
@@ -71,15 +71,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             }
         }
 
-        // /// <summary>
-        // /// Get the ownerId for the object in question
-        // /// </summary>
-        // /// <param name="ct">db context</param>
-        // /// <returns>0 if object doesn't have an owner Id, the owner Id or -1 if the object doesn't exist in the db</returns>
-        // public long OwnerId(AyContext ct)
-        // {
-        //     return AyaObjectOwnerId.Get(this, ct);
-        // }
+      
 
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/WidgetBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/WidgetBiz.cs
index eaf3691f..aeb4298a 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/WidgetBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/WidgetBiz.cs
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             {
                 //do stuff with widget
                 Widget outObj = inObj;
-                outObj.OwnerId = UserId;
-
+              
                 //Test get serial id visible id number from generator
                 outObj.Serial = ServerBootConfig.WIDGET_SERIAL.GetNext();
 
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             {
                 //do stuff with widget
                 Widget outObj = inObj;
-                outObj.OwnerId = UserId;
+               
                 //Test get serial id visible id number from generator
                 outObj.Serial = ServerBootConfig.WIDGET_SERIAL.GetNext();
                 outObj.Tags = TagUtil.NormalizeTags(outObj.Tags);
@@ -140,10 +139,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         //put
         internal bool Put(Widget dbObj, Widget inObj)
         {
-            //preserve the owner ID if none was specified
-            if (inObj.OwnerId == 0)
-                inObj.OwnerId = dbObj.OwnerId;
-
+          
             //make a snapshot of the original for validation but update the original to preserve workflow           
             Widget SnapshotOfOriginalDBObj = new Widget();
             CopyObject.Copy(dbObj, SnapshotOfOriginalDBObj);
@@ -355,13 +351,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             //     // }
             // }
 
-            //OwnerId required
-            if (!isNew)
-            {
-                if (proposedObj.OwnerId == 0)
-                    AddError(ApiErrorCode.VALIDATION_REQUIRED, "OwnerId");
-            }
-
+           
             //Name required
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(proposedObj.Name))
                 AddError(ApiErrorCode.VALIDATION_REQUIRED, "Name");
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/models/Widget.cs b/server/AyaNova/models/Widget.cs
index 70476821..191fbef3 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/models/Widget.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/models/Widget.cs
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Models
         public long Id { get; set; }
         public uint ConcurrencyToken { get; set; }
 
-        [Required]
-        public long OwnerId { get; set; }
+        [Required]        
         public string Name { get; set; }
         public uint Serial { get; set; }
         public decimal? DollarAmount { get; set; }
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
index 464adbe1..3803cb33 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
 
                 //Add widget table
                 //id, text, longtext, boolean, currency,
-                exec("CREATE TABLE awidget (id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY, ownerid bigint not null, name varchar(255) not null, serial bigint not null," +
+                exec("CREATE TABLE awidget (id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY, name varchar(255) not null, serial bigint not null," +
                 "startdate timestamp, enddate timestamp, dollaramount decimal(19,5), active bool, roles int4, count integer, notes text, customfields text, tags varchar(255) ARRAY)");
 
                 //TEST TEST TEST ONLY FOR DEVELOPMENT TESTING TO ENSURE UNIQUENESS
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs
index 100fcda6..b8a4a651 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs
@@ -462,8 +462,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
                 o.Active = true;
                 o.StartDate = f.Date.Between(DateTime.Now, DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(60));
                 o.EndDate = f.Date.Between(DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(90), DateTime.Now.AddHours(5));
-                o.DollarAmount = Convert.ToDecimal(f.Commerce.Price());
-                o.OwnerId = 1;
+                o.DollarAmount = Convert.ToDecimal(f.Commerce.Price());                
                 //this is nonsense but just to test an enum
                 o.Roles = AuthorizationRoles.DispatchLimited | AuthorizationRoles.InventoryLimited | AuthorizationRoles.OpsAdminLimited;
                 o.Notes = f.Lorem.Paragraph();