---
title: "Add Legal Representative"
method: POST
path: "/businesses/{business_id}/legal_representatives"
tags: ["Businesses"]
---

# Add Legal Representative

`POST /businesses/{business_id}/legal_representatives`

## Path parameters

- `business_id` string, required — A business identifier.

## Headers

- `LMG-Data-Privacy-Access-Principal` string, required
- `LMG-Data-Privacy-Access-Justification` string, required

## Request body

- LegalRepresentativeRequest
  - `person` string, required — A person identifier. This field represents the person being a legal representative.
  - `representation_rule` 'sole_representation' | 'joint_representation', required — A category describing the representation rule for a legal representative: <ul> <li><code>sole_representation</code>: The legal representative alone can represent the company. <li><code>joint_representation</code>: The legal representative needs at least one more legal representative to represent the company. </ul>

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- LegalRepresentativeResponse
  - `id` string, required — An identifier for the legal representative.
  - `person` string, required — A person identifier. This field represents the person being a legal representative.
  - `representation_rule` 'sole_representation' | 'joint_representation', required — A category describing the representation rule for a legal representative: <ul> <li><code>sole_representation</code>: The legal representative alone can represent the company. <li><code>joint_representation</code>: The legal representative needs at least one more legal representative to represent the company. </ul>

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `404` — Not Found
- `422` — Unprocessable Entity
- `5XX` — Server Error

---

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