diff --git a/net/dcsctp/public/BUILD.gn b/net/dcsctp/public/BUILD.gn
index 23530a6..8fb521c 100644
--- a/net/dcsctp/public/BUILD.gn
+++ b/net/dcsctp/public/BUILD.gn
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 rtc_source_set("socket") {
   deps = [
+    ":strong_alias",
     ":types",
     "../../../api:array_view",
     "../../../rtc_base",
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
     "../../../rtc_base:rtc_base_approved",
   ]
   sources = [
+    "dcsctp_handover_state.h",
     "dcsctp_socket.h",
     "packet_observer.h",
     "timeout.h",
diff --git a/net/dcsctp/public/dcsctp_handover_state.h b/net/dcsctp/public/dcsctp_handover_state.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1267ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/dcsctp/public/dcsctp_handover_state.h
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright (c) 2021 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
+ *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
+ *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
+ *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
+ *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
+ */
+#ifndef NET_DCSCTP_PUBLIC_DCSCTP_HANDOVER_STATE_H_
+#define NET_DCSCTP_PUBLIC_DCSCTP_HANDOVER_STATE_H_
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "net/dcsctp/public/strong_alias.h"
+
+namespace dcsctp {
+
+// Stores state snapshot of a dcSCTP socket. The snapshot can be used to
+// recreate the socket - possibly in another process. This state should be
+// treaded as opaque - the calling client should not inspect or alter it except
+// for serialization. Serialization is not provided by dcSCTP. If needed it has
+// to be implemented in the calling client.
+struct DcSctpSocketHandoverState {
+  struct OrderedStream {
+    uint32_t id = 0;
+    uint32_t next_ssn = 0;
+  };
+  struct UnorderedStream {
+    uint32_t id = 0;
+  };
+  struct Receive {
+    std::vector<OrderedStream> ordered_streams;
+    std::vector<UnorderedStream> unordered_streams;
+  };
+  Receive rx;
+};
+
+// A list of possible reasons for a socket to be not ready for handover.
+enum class HandoverUnreadinessReason : uint32_t {
+  kWrongConnectionState = 1,
+  kSendQueueNotEmpty = 2,
+  kDataTrackerNotIdle = 4,
+  kDataTrackerTsnBlocksPending = 8,
+  kReassemblyQueueNotEmpty = 16,
+  kReassemblyQueueDeliveredTSNsGap = 32,
+  kStreamResetDeferred = 64,
+  kOrderedStreamHasUnassembledChunks = 128,
+  kUnorderedStreamHasUnassembledChunks = 256,
+  kRetransmissionQueueOutstandingData = 512,
+  kRetransmissionQueueFastRecovery = 1024,
+  kRetransmissionQueueNotEmpty = 2048,
+  kPendingStreamReset = 4096,
+  kPendingStreamResetRequest = 8192,
+  kMax = kPendingStreamResetRequest,
+};
+
+// Return value of `DcSctpSocketInterface::GetHandoverReadiness`. Set of
+// `HandoverUnreadinessReason` bits. When no bit is set, the socket is in the
+// state in which a snapshot of the state can be made by
+// `GetHandoverStateAndClose()`.
+class HandoverReadinessStatus
+    : public StrongAlias<class HandoverReadinessStatusTag, uint32_t> {
+ public:
+  // Constructs an empty `HandoverReadinessStatus` which represents ready state.
+  constexpr HandoverReadinessStatus()
+      : StrongAlias<class HandoverReadinessStatusTag, uint32_t>(0) {}
+  // Constructs status object that contains a single reason for not being
+  // handover ready.
+  constexpr explicit HandoverReadinessStatus(HandoverUnreadinessReason reason)
+      : StrongAlias<class HandoverReadinessStatusTag, uint32_t>(
+            static_cast<uint32_t>(reason)) {}
+
+  // Convenience methods
+  constexpr bool IsReady() const { return value() == 0; }
+  constexpr bool Contains(HandoverUnreadinessReason reason) const {
+    return value() & static_cast<uint32_t>(reason);
+  }
+  HandoverReadinessStatus& Add(HandoverUnreadinessReason reason) {
+    return Add(HandoverReadinessStatus(reason));
+  }
+  HandoverReadinessStatus& Add(HandoverReadinessStatus status) {
+    value() |= status.value();
+    return *this;
+  }
+};
+
+}  // namespace dcsctp
+
+#endif  // NET_DCSCTP_PUBLIC_DCSCTP_HANDOVER_STATE_H_
diff --git a/net/dcsctp/rx/BUILD.gn b/net/dcsctp/rx/BUILD.gn
index fb92513..6c49648 100644
--- a/net/dcsctp/rx/BUILD.gn
+++ b/net/dcsctp/rx/BUILD.gn
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "../common:sequence_numbers",
     "../packet:chunk",
     "../packet:data",
+    "../public:socket",
     "../public:types",
   ]
   sources = [ "reassembly_streams.h" ]
diff --git a/net/dcsctp/rx/reassembly_streams.h b/net/dcsctp/rx/reassembly_streams.h
index a8b42b5..06f1a78 100644
--- a/net/dcsctp/rx/reassembly_streams.h
+++ b/net/dcsctp/rx/reassembly_streams.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "net/dcsctp/common/sequence_numbers.h"
 #include "net/dcsctp/packet/chunk/forward_tsn_common.h"
 #include "net/dcsctp/packet/data.h"
+#include "net/dcsctp/public/dcsctp_handover_state.h"
 #include "net/dcsctp/public/dcsctp_message.h"
 
 namespace dcsctp {
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@
   // either a few streams, or all streams (when the list is empty) to be
   // reset - to have their next SSN or Message ID to be zero.
   virtual void ResetStreams(rtc::ArrayView<const StreamID> stream_ids) = 0;
+
+  virtual HandoverReadinessStatus GetHandoverReadiness() const = 0;
+  virtual void AddHandoverState(DcSctpSocketHandoverState& state) = 0;
 };
 
 }  // namespace dcsctp
diff --git a/net/dcsctp/rx/traditional_reassembly_streams.cc b/net/dcsctp/rx/traditional_reassembly_streams.cc
index 4108d37..c9af293 100644
--- a/net/dcsctp/rx/traditional_reassembly_streams.cc
+++ b/net/dcsctp/rx/traditional_reassembly_streams.cc
@@ -78,6 +78,30 @@
 }
 }  // namespace
 
+TraditionalReassemblyStreams::TraditionalReassemblyStreams(
+    absl::string_view log_prefix,
+    OnAssembledMessage on_assembled_message,
+    const DcSctpSocketHandoverState* handover_state)
+    : log_prefix_(log_prefix),
+      on_assembled_message_(std::move(on_assembled_message)) {
+  if (handover_state) {
+    for (const DcSctpSocketHandoverState::OrderedStream& state_stream :
+         handover_state->rx.ordered_streams) {
+      ordered_streams_.emplace(
+          std::piecewise_construct,
+          std::forward_as_tuple(StreamID(state_stream.id)),
+          std::forward_as_tuple(this, SSN(state_stream.next_ssn)));
+    }
+    for (const DcSctpSocketHandoverState::UnorderedStream& state_stream :
+         handover_state->rx.unordered_streams) {
+      unordered_streams_.emplace(
+          std::piecewise_construct,
+          std::forward_as_tuple(StreamID(state_stream.id)),
+          std::forward_as_tuple(this));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 int TraditionalReassemblyStreams::UnorderedStream::Add(UnwrappedTSN tsn,
                                                        Data data) {
   int queued_bytes = data.size();
@@ -286,4 +310,39 @@
     }
   }
 }
+
+HandoverReadinessStatus TraditionalReassemblyStreams::GetHandoverReadiness()
+    const {
+  HandoverReadinessStatus status;
+  for (const auto& entry : ordered_streams_) {
+    if (entry.second.has_unassembled_chunks()) {
+      status.Add(HandoverUnreadinessReason::kOrderedStreamHasUnassembledChunks);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  for (const auto& entry : unordered_streams_) {
+    if (entry.second.has_unassembled_chunks()) {
+      status.Add(
+          HandoverUnreadinessReason::kUnorderedStreamHasUnassembledChunks);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  return status;
+}
+
+void TraditionalReassemblyStreams::AddHandoverState(
+    DcSctpSocketHandoverState& state) {
+  for (const auto& entry : ordered_streams_) {
+    DcSctpSocketHandoverState::OrderedStream state_stream;
+    state_stream.id = entry.first.value();
+    state_stream.next_ssn = entry.second.next_ssn().value();
+    state.rx.ordered_streams.push_back(std::move(state_stream));
+  }
+  for (const auto& entry : unordered_streams_) {
+    DcSctpSocketHandoverState::UnorderedStream state_stream;
+    state_stream.id = entry.first.value();
+    state.rx.unordered_streams.push_back(std::move(state_stream));
+  }
+}
+
 }  // namespace dcsctp
diff --git a/net/dcsctp/rx/traditional_reassembly_streams.h b/net/dcsctp/rx/traditional_reassembly_streams.h
index d7ae2dd..0c72432 100644
--- a/net/dcsctp/rx/traditional_reassembly_streams.h
+++ b/net/dcsctp/rx/traditional_reassembly_streams.h
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@
 // RFC4960 is to be followed.
 class TraditionalReassemblyStreams : public ReassemblyStreams {
  public:
-  TraditionalReassemblyStreams(absl::string_view log_prefix,
-                               OnAssembledMessage on_assembled_message)
-      : log_prefix_(log_prefix), on_assembled_message_(on_assembled_message) {}
+  TraditionalReassemblyStreams(
+      absl::string_view log_prefix,
+      OnAssembledMessage on_assembled_message,
+      const DcSctpSocketHandoverState* handover_state = nullptr);
 
   int Add(UnwrappedTSN tsn, Data data) override;
 
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@
 
   void ResetStreams(rtc::ArrayView<const StreamID> stream_ids) override;
 
+  HandoverReadinessStatus GetHandoverReadiness() const override;
+  void AddHandoverState(DcSctpSocketHandoverState& state) override;
+
  private:
   using ChunkMap = std::map<UnwrappedTSN, Data>;
 
@@ -65,6 +69,7 @@
     int Add(UnwrappedTSN tsn, Data data);
     // Returns the number of bytes removed from the queue.
     size_t EraseTo(UnwrappedTSN tsn);
+    bool has_unassembled_chunks() const { return !chunks_.empty(); }
 
    private:
     // Given an iterator to any chunk within the map, try to assemble a message
@@ -81,14 +86,17 @@
   // messages when possible.
   class OrderedStream : StreamBase {
    public:
-    explicit OrderedStream(TraditionalReassemblyStreams* parent)
-        : StreamBase(parent), next_ssn_(ssn_unwrapper_.Unwrap(SSN(0))) {}
+    explicit OrderedStream(TraditionalReassemblyStreams* parent,
+                           SSN next_ssn = SSN(0))
+        : StreamBase(parent), next_ssn_(ssn_unwrapper_.Unwrap(next_ssn)) {}
     int Add(UnwrappedTSN tsn, Data data);
     size_t EraseTo(SSN ssn);
     void Reset() {
       ssn_unwrapper_.Reset();
       next_ssn_ = ssn_unwrapper_.Unwrap(SSN(0));
     }
+    SSN next_ssn() const { return next_ssn_.Wrap(); }
+    bool has_unassembled_chunks() const { return !chunks_by_ssn_.empty(); }
 
    private:
     // Try to assemble one or several messages in order from the stream.
diff --git a/net/dcsctp/rx/traditional_reassembly_streams_test.cc b/net/dcsctp/rx/traditional_reassembly_streams_test.cc
index 30d29a0..f58bfed 100644
--- a/net/dcsctp/rx/traditional_reassembly_streams_test.cc
+++ b/net/dcsctp/rx/traditional_reassembly_streams_test.cc
@@ -148,5 +148,85 @@
   EXPECT_EQ(streams.HandleForwardTsn(tsn(4), skipped), 8u);
 }
 
+TEST_F(TraditionalReassemblyStreamsTest, NoStreamsCanBeHandedOver) {
+  NiceMock<MockFunction<ReassemblyStreams::OnAssembledMessage>> on_assembled;
+
+  TraditionalReassemblyStreams streams1("", on_assembled.AsStdFunction());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(streams1.GetHandoverReadiness().IsReady());
+
+  DcSctpSocketHandoverState state;
+  streams1.AddHandoverState(state);
+  TraditionalReassemblyStreams streams2("", on_assembled.AsStdFunction(),
+                                        &state);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(streams2.Add(tsn(1), gen_.Ordered({1}, "B")), 1);
+  EXPECT_EQ(streams2.Add(tsn(2), gen_.Ordered({2, 3, 4})), 3);
+  EXPECT_EQ(streams2.Add(tsn(1), gen_.Unordered({1}, "B")), 1);
+  EXPECT_EQ(streams2.Add(tsn(2), gen_.Unordered({2, 3, 4})), 3);
+}
+
+TEST_F(TraditionalReassemblyStreamsTest,
+       OrderedStreamsCanBeHandedOverWhenNoUnassembledChunksExist) {
+  NiceMock<MockFunction<ReassemblyStreams::OnAssembledMessage>> on_assembled;
+
+  TraditionalReassemblyStreams streams1("", on_assembled.AsStdFunction());
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(streams1.Add(tsn(1), gen_.Ordered({1}, "B")), 1);
+  EXPECT_EQ(streams1.GetHandoverReadiness(),
+            HandoverReadinessStatus(
+                HandoverUnreadinessReason::kOrderedStreamHasUnassembledChunks));
+  EXPECT_EQ(streams1.Add(tsn(2), gen_.Ordered({2, 3, 4})), 3);
+  EXPECT_EQ(streams1.GetHandoverReadiness(),
+            HandoverReadinessStatus(
+                HandoverUnreadinessReason::kOrderedStreamHasUnassembledChunks));
+  EXPECT_EQ(streams1.Add(tsn(3), gen_.Ordered({5, 6})), 2);
+  EXPECT_EQ(streams1.GetHandoverReadiness(),
+            HandoverReadinessStatus(
+                HandoverUnreadinessReason::kOrderedStreamHasUnassembledChunks));
+
+  ForwardTsnChunk::SkippedStream skipped[] = {
+      ForwardTsnChunk::SkippedStream(StreamID(1), SSN(0))};
+  EXPECT_EQ(streams1.HandleForwardTsn(tsn(3), skipped), 6u);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(streams1.GetHandoverReadiness().IsReady());
+
+  DcSctpSocketHandoverState state;
+  streams1.AddHandoverState(state);
+  TraditionalReassemblyStreams streams2("", on_assembled.AsStdFunction(),
+                                        &state);
+  EXPECT_EQ(streams2.Add(tsn(4), gen_.Ordered({7})), 1);
+}
+
+TEST_F(TraditionalReassemblyStreamsTest,
+       UnorderedStreamsCanBeHandedOverWhenNoUnassembledChunksExist) {
+  NiceMock<MockFunction<ReassemblyStreams::OnAssembledMessage>> on_assembled;
+
+  TraditionalReassemblyStreams streams1("", on_assembled.AsStdFunction());
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(streams1.Add(tsn(1), gen_.Unordered({1}, "B")), 1);
+  EXPECT_EQ(
+      streams1.GetHandoverReadiness(),
+      HandoverReadinessStatus(
+          HandoverUnreadinessReason::kUnorderedStreamHasUnassembledChunks));
+  EXPECT_EQ(streams1.Add(tsn(2), gen_.Unordered({2, 3, 4})), 3);
+  EXPECT_EQ(
+      streams1.GetHandoverReadiness(),
+      HandoverReadinessStatus(
+          HandoverUnreadinessReason::kUnorderedStreamHasUnassembledChunks));
+  EXPECT_EQ(streams1.Add(tsn(3), gen_.Unordered({5, 6})), 2);
+  EXPECT_EQ(
+      streams1.GetHandoverReadiness(),
+      HandoverReadinessStatus(
+          HandoverUnreadinessReason::kUnorderedStreamHasUnassembledChunks));
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(streams1.HandleForwardTsn(tsn(3), {}), 6u);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(streams1.GetHandoverReadiness().IsReady());
+
+  DcSctpSocketHandoverState state;
+  streams1.AddHandoverState(state);
+  TraditionalReassemblyStreams streams2("", on_assembled.AsStdFunction(),
+                                        &state);
+  EXPECT_EQ(streams2.Add(tsn(4), gen_.Unordered({7})), 1);
+}
+
 }  // namespace
 }  // namespace dcsctp