If there are no passengers occupying the exit row, what is the procedure?

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In exit-row procedures, the focus is on who may sit there and what briefing is needed. If the exit row is currently unoccupied, you’re allowed to re-seat passengers into that row with the captain’s approval to ensure there are qualified people at the exit. However, once a passenger is seated in the exit row, they must receive the exit-row safety briefing that covers how to operate the exit and what to do in an evacuation. Since no one is in the exit row now, no briefing is needed yet; but any future seating into that row requires briefing. This matches the requirement that the captain must approve seating in the exit row and that briefing is required for passengers assigned to or moved into that row. The other options either imply the row must stay vacant, misstate who needs briefing, or limit briefing to only crew, which isn’t accurate.