diff --git a/SharepointToolbox/Localization/Strings.fr.resx b/SharepointToolbox/Localization/Strings.fr.resx
index 59167df..d3f62a9 100644
--- a/SharepointToolbox/Localization/Strings.fr.resx
+++ b/SharepointToolbox/Localization/Strings.fr.resx
@@ -412,4 +412,8 @@
   <!-- Phase 16: Report Consolidation Toggle -->
   <data name="audit.grp.export" xml:space="preserve"><value>Options d'exportation</value></data>
   <data name="chk.merge.permissions" xml:space="preserve"><value>Fusionner les permissions en double</value></data>
+  <!-- Phase 18: Auto-Take Ownership -->
+  <data name="settings.ownership.title" xml:space="preserve"><value>Propri&#233;t&#233; du site</value></data>
+  <data name="settings.ownership.auto" xml:space="preserve"><value>Prendre automatiquement la propri&#233;t&#233; d'administrateur de collection de sites en cas de refus d'acc&#232;s</value></data>
+  <data name="settings.ownership.description" xml:space="preserve"><value>Lorsqu'activ&#233;, l'application prendra automatiquement les droits d'administrateur de collection de sites lorsqu'un scan rencontre une erreur de refus d'acc&#232;s. N&#233;cessite les permissions d'administrateur de tenant.</value></data>
 </root>
diff --git a/SharepointToolbox/Localization/Strings.resx b/SharepointToolbox/Localization/Strings.resx
index 3e7fa42..641bee3 100644
--- a/SharepointToolbox/Localization/Strings.resx
+++ b/SharepointToolbox/Localization/Strings.resx
@@ -412,4 +412,8 @@
   <!-- Phase 16: Report Consolidation Toggle -->
   <data name="audit.grp.export" xml:space="preserve"><value>Export Options</value></data>
   <data name="chk.merge.permissions" xml:space="preserve"><value>Merge duplicate permissions</value></data>
+  <!-- Phase 18: Auto-Take Ownership -->
+  <data name="settings.ownership.title" xml:space="preserve"><value>Site Ownership</value></data>
+  <data name="settings.ownership.auto" xml:space="preserve"><value>Automatically take site collection admin ownership on access denied</value></data>
+  <data name="settings.ownership.description" xml:space="preserve"><value>When enabled, the app will automatically elevate to site collection admin when a scan encounters an access denied error. Requires Tenant Admin permissions.</value></data>
 </root>
diff --git a/SharepointToolbox/Views/Tabs/SettingsView.xaml b/SharepointToolbox/Views/Tabs/SettingsView.xaml
index aa0533b..efde4b0 100644
--- a/SharepointToolbox/Views/Tabs/SettingsView.xaml
+++ b/SharepointToolbox/Views/Tabs/SettingsView.xaml
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@
       <Button Content="{Binding Source={x:Static loc:TranslationSource.Instance}, Path=[settings.logo.clear]}"
               Command="{Binding ClearMspLogoCommand}" Width="80" />
     </StackPanel>
+    <Separator Margin="0,12" />
+
+    <!-- Auto-Take Ownership -->
+    <Label Content="{Binding Source={x:Static loc:TranslationSource.Instance}, Path=[settings.ownership.title]}" />
+    <CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding AutoTakeOwnership}"
+              Content="{Binding Source={x:Static loc:TranslationSource.Instance}, Path=[settings.ownership.auto]}"
+              Margin="0,4,0,0" />
+    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Source={x:Static loc:TranslationSource.Instance}, Path=[settings.ownership.description]}"
+               Foreground="#666666" FontSize="11" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="20,4,0,0" />
+
     <TextBlock Text="{Binding StatusMessage}" Foreground="#CC0000" FontSize="11" Margin="0,4,0,0"
                Visibility="{Binding StatusMessage, Converter={StaticResource StringToVisibilityConverter}}" />
   </StackPanel>