diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-authors.ts b/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-authors.ts
index 94e52a2169..21bd9ead58 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-authors.ts
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-authors.ts
@@ -12,15 +12,11 @@ import {
   ownerAlreadyExists,
   confirmOwner,
   updateOwner,
-  minRequiredConfirmedOwners
+  minRequiredConfirmedOwners,
+  validConfirmedOwners,
+  isRequiredMinOwnersNotConfirmed
 } from 'wherehows-web/constants/datasets/owner';
-import {
-  isRequiredMinOwnersNotConfirmed,
-  OwnerIdType,
-  OwnerSource,
-  OwnerType,
-  validConfirmedOwners
-} from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/datasets/owners';
+import { OwnerIdType, OwnerSource, OwnerType } from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/datasets/owners';
 import Notifications, { NotificationEvent } from 'wherehows-web/services/notifications';
 
 /**
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/constants/datasets/owner.ts b/wherehows-web/app/constants/datasets/owner.ts
index ae97deeacb..3a63b78077 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/constants/datasets/owner.ts
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/constants/datasets/owner.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+import { set } from '@ember/object';
 import { IOwner } from 'wherehows-web/typings/api/datasets/owners';
 import { OwnerIdType, OwnerSource, OwnerType, OwnerUrnNamespace } from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/datasets/owners';
-import { isListUnique } from 'wherehows-web/utils/array';
-import { set } from '@ember/object';
+import { arrayFilter, isListUnique } from 'wherehows-web/utils/array';
 
 /**
  * Initial user name for candidate owners
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { set } from '@ember/object';
 const defaultOwnerUserName = 'New Owner';
 
 /**
- * The minimum required number of owners
+ * The minimum required number of owners with a confirmed status
  * @type {number}
  */
 const minRequiredConfirmedOwners = 2;
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ function updateOwner<K extends keyof IOwner>(
  */
 const confirmOwner = (owner: IOwner, confirmedBy: string): IOwner['confirmedBy'] =>
   set(owner, 'confirmedBy', confirmedBy || null);
+
 /**
  * Defines the default properties for a newly created IOwner instance
  *@type {IOwner}
@@ -109,10 +110,34 @@ const defaultOwnerProps: IOwner = {
   isActive: true
 };
 
+/**
+ * Given an IOwner object, determines if it qualifies as a valid confirmed owner
+ * @param {IOwner}
+ * @return {boolean}
+ */
+const isValidConfirmedOwner = ({ confirmedBy, type, idType, isActive }: IOwner): boolean =>
+  !!confirmedBy && type === OwnerType.Owner && idType === OwnerIdType.User && isActive;
+
+/**
+ * Filters out a list of valid confirmed owners in a list of owners
+ * @type {(array: Array<IOwner> = []) => Array<IOwner>}
+ */
+const validConfirmedOwners = arrayFilter(isValidConfirmedOwner);
+
+/**
+ * Checks that the required minimum number of confirmed users is met with the type Owner and idType User
+ * @param {Array<IOwner>} owners the list of owners to check
+ * @return {boolean}
+ */
+const isRequiredMinOwnersNotConfirmed = (owners: Array<IOwner> = []): boolean =>
+  validConfirmedOwners(owners).length < minRequiredConfirmedOwners;
+
 export {
   defaultOwnerProps,
   defaultOwnerUserName,
   minRequiredConfirmedOwners,
+  validConfirmedOwners,
+  isRequiredMinOwnersNotConfirmed,
   ownerAlreadyExists,
   updateOwner,
   confirmOwner
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/routes/datasets/dataset.js b/wherehows-web/app/routes/datasets/dataset.js
index 506576c5bc..8bea7c959e 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/routes/datasets/dataset.js
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/routes/datasets/dataset.js
@@ -13,11 +13,8 @@ import {
   augmentObjectsWithHtmlComments
 } from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/datasets/columns';
 
-import {
-  readDatasetOwners,
-  getUserEntities,
-  isRequiredMinOwnersNotConfirmed
-} from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/datasets/owners';
+import { readDatasetOwners, getUserEntities } from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/datasets/owners';
+import { isRequiredMinOwnersNotConfirmed } from 'wherehows-web/constants/datasets/owner';
 import { readDataset, datasetUrnToId, readDatasetView } from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/datasets/dataset';
 import isDatasetUrn from 'wherehows-web/utils/validators/urn';
 
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/utils/api/datasets/owners.ts b/wherehows-web/app/utils/api/datasets/owners.ts
index 5ee01e53e2..a05aabfd0e 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/utils/api/datasets/owners.ts
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/utils/api/datasets/owners.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-import { ApiRoot, ApiStatus } from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/shared';
-import { datasetUrlById } from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/datasets/shared';
+import { IOwner, IOwnerPostResponse, IOwnerResponse } from 'wherehows-web/typings/api/datasets/owners';
 import {
   IPartyEntity,
   IPartyEntityResponse,
   IPartyProps,
   IUserEntityMap
 } from 'wherehows-web/typings/api/datasets/party-entities';
-import { IOwner, IOwnerPostResponse, IOwnerResponse } from 'wherehows-web/typings/api/datasets/owners';
+import { datasetUrlById } from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/datasets/shared';
 import { getJSON, postJSON } from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/fetcher';
-import { arrayFilter } from 'wherehows-web/utils/array';
+import { ApiRoot, ApiStatus } from 'wherehows-web/utils/api/shared';
 
 /**
  * Defines a string enum for valid owner types
@@ -51,12 +50,6 @@ enum OwnerSource {
   Other = 'OTHER'
 }
 
-/**
- * The minimum required number of owners with a confirmed status
- * @type {number}
- */
-const minRequiredConfirmed = 2;
-
 /**
  * Constructs the dataset owners url
  * @param {number} id the id of the dataset
@@ -184,31 +177,7 @@ const readPartyEntitiesMap = (partyEntities: Array<IPartyEntity>): IUserEntityMa
     {}
   );
 
-/**
- * Given an IOwner object, determines if it qualifies as a valid confirmed owner
- * @param {IOwner}
- * @return {boolean}
- */
-const isValidConfirmedOwner = ({ confirmedBy, type, idType, isActive }: IOwner): boolean =>
-  !!confirmedBy && type === OwnerType.Owner && idType === OwnerIdType.User && isActive;
-
-/**
- * Filters out a list of valid confirmed owners in a list of owners
- * @type {(array: Array<IOwner> = []) => Array<IOwner>}
- */
-const validConfirmedOwners = arrayFilter(isValidConfirmedOwner);
-
-/**
- * Checks that the required minimum number of confirmed users is met with the type Owner and idType User
- * @param {Array<IOwner>} owners the list of owners to check
- * @return {boolean}
- */
-const isRequiredMinOwnersNotConfirmed = (owners: Array<IOwner> = []): boolean =>
-  validConfirmedOwners(owners).length < minRequiredConfirmed;
-
 export {
-  validConfirmedOwners,
-  isRequiredMinOwnersNotConfirmed,
   readDatasetOwners,
   readPartyEntities,
   readPartyEntitiesMap,