diff --git a/go/delivery/assigner.go b/go/delivery/assigner.go
index 1c9cdf0..d477387 100644
--- a/go/delivery/assigner.go
+++ b/go/delivery/assigner.go
@@ -196,15 +196,37 @@ type Want struct {
 	// Self says the node composes this module itself (ADR 0547 §2): the want names the build alone, and no composition.
 	// A want that is not Self names the one composition it allows (ADR 0539 clause 1), as before.
 	Self bool `json:"self,omitempty"`
+	// Warrant is the mark of a want that may replace the bus server (novox/hq ADR 0594 §6): WarrantPut on a want a put
+	// writes on the operator's warrant after the streams' snapshot, WarrantOperator on one the operator's credential
+	// writes by hand at the terminal. The node agent reads this mark and nothing else to decide whether the bus server
+	// may be replaced (§2); a want without it never replaces the server. Empty on every other want.
+	Warrant string `json:"warrant,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// The warrants a want may carry (Want.Warrant, novox/hq ADR 0594 §6).
+const (
+	// WarrantPut marks a want the assigner's put wrote on the operator's warrant, after the streams' snapshot.
+	WarrantPut = "put"
+	// WarrantOperator marks a want the operator's credential wrote by hand at the terminal.
+	WarrantOperator = "operator"
+)
+
 func (w Want) check() error {
 	if w.Removed {
-		if w.FP != "" || w.Composed != "" || w.Newest != "" || w.Rule != 0 || w.Backup != "" || w.Put || w.Hold || w.Self || w.Yes != "" {
-			return fmt.Errorf("delivery: a removed want names no fingerprint, composition, rule, backup answer or put")
+		if w.FP != "" || w.Composed != "" || w.Newest != "" || w.Rule != 0 || w.Backup != "" || w.Put || w.Hold || w.Self || w.Yes != "" || w.Warrant != "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("delivery: a removed want names no fingerprint, composition, rule, backup answer, put or warrant")
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
+	switch w.Warrant {
+	case "", WarrantOperator:
+	case WarrantPut:
+		if !w.Put {
+			return fmt.Errorf("delivery: only a put's want carries the put's warrant")
+		}
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("delivery: the warrant %q is not %s or %s", w.Warrant, WarrantPut, WarrantOperator)
+	}
 	if w.Hold && !w.Put {
 		return fmt.Errorf("delivery: only a put holds a want")
 	}
diff --git a/go/delivery/assigner_test.go b/go/delivery/assigner_test.go
index b26279f..bbaec4e 100644
--- a/go/delivery/assigner_test.go
+++ b/go/delivery/assigner_test.go
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ func TestAssignerValuesRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 		{FP: fp2of('a'), Composed: hashOf('1'), Newest: fp2of('b'), Rule: RuleCanary, Words: "the canary ace does not run it healthy yet"},
 		{Removed: true, Words: "the module left g14"},
 		{FP: fp2of('a'), Composed: hashOf('1'), Put: true, Hold: true, Words: "put by the operator: the bus's user list"},
+		// 774/S1: a want that may replace the bus server says its warrant (ADR 0594 §6).
+		{FP: fp2of('a'), Composed: hashOf('1'), Put: true, Warrant: WarrantPut},
+		{FP: fp2of('a'), Self: true, Warrant: WarrantOperator},
 	}
 	for _, w := range wants {
 		data, err := EncodeWant(w)
@@ -151,6 +154,10 @@ func TestAssignerValuesRefused(t *testing.T) {
 		{FP: fp2of('a'), Composed: hashOf('1'), Hold: true},
 		{FP: fp2of('a'), Composed: hashOf('1'), Put: true, Newest: fp2of('b'), Rule: 3},
 		{Removed: true, Put: true},
+		// 774/S1: a removed want carries no warrant, a warrant is put or operator, and put only on a put's want.
+		{Removed: true, Warrant: WarrantOperator},
+		{FP: fp2of('a'), Self: true, Warrant: "yes"},
+		{FP: fp2of('a'), Self: true, Warrant: WarrantPut},
 	} {
 		if _, err := EncodeWant(w); err == nil {
 			t.Errorf("EncodeWant(%+v) accepted", w)