---
title: "Create a legal hold policy - v3"
method: POST
path: "/legalholds/v3/policies"
tags: ["Legal Hold"]
---

# Create a legal hold policy - v3

`POST /legalholds/v3/policies`

Creates a legal hold policy in Druva inSync.

## Request body

- RequestCreateLHPolicy
  - `name` string — The name of the legal hold policy. Example - Legal Hold Policy 1
  - `type` 'All Backup Data' | 'Last Backup Data' | 'Data within a Date Range' — The data access type of the legal hold policy
  - `cullingType` 'Include All Files' | 'Include Only Deleted Files' — The filter type of the legal hold policy. :fa-info-circle: Applicable only if the data access type is 'Data within a Date Range'. Use any of the filter types
  - `startDate` string, date — The start date in the range in which the data is to be accessed. Format: YYYY-MM-DD :fa-info-circle: Applicable only if the data access type is 'Data within a Date Range'.
  - `endDate` string, date — The end date in the range in which the data is to be accessed. Format: YYYY-MM-DD :fa-info-circle: Applicable only if the data access type is 'Data within a Date Range'.

## Response `200`

OK

- ResponseCreateLHPolicy
  - `policyId` integer — The ID of the legal hold policy. Example - 1

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `404` — Not found
- `422` — Unprocessable Entity
- `500` — Internal Server Error

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