# 5.5 Retirement Certificates

Retirement certificates provide proof of the retirement of one or more credits and are generated only upon the completion of a retirement. Each retirement certificate corresponds to one or more retired credits. If multiple credits are retired at once, the certificate will list all the retired credits. retirement certificates demonstrate the connection between the retired credits and the mitigation activity from which they originate.


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