---
title: "Remove filing blockers"
method: POST
path: "/filings/{filing_id}/remove_blockers"
---

# Remove filing blockers

`POST /filings/{filing_id}/remove_blockers`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://sandbox.checkhq.com`
- URL: `https://sandbox.checkhq.com/filings/{filing_id}/remove_blockers`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/checkhq/apis/check-api/docs/filings/:filing_id/remove_blockers/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Remove one or more blockers from a filing and return the updated filing. Only blockers that are currently open on the filing can be removed, and only while the filing is in `blocked` or `pending` status. Blockers that must be resolved through a Check support ticket, blockers Check applies automatically, and internal blockers cannot be removed through the API. Each blocker can be removed from a filing at most twice without a successful filing in between.

## Path parameters

- `filing_id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `blockers` string[], required: List of blocker IDs to remove from the filing. Each ID must be a blocker that is currently open on the filing.

## Response `200`

200

- object
  - `id` string
  - `company` string
  - `year` integer
  - `period` string
  - `label` string
  - `jurisdiction` string, nullable: Lowercase region code for the filing (`fed` or lowercased ISO 3166-2:US region code).
  - `agency` string, nullable: ID of the Agency that receives this filing.
  - `due_at` string
  - `filed_at` string, nullable
  - `closed_at` string, nullable
  - `document` string, nullable
  - `filing_attempts` integer
  - `amends` string[]
  - `amended_by` string[]
  - `status` string
  - `status_history` object[]
    - `status` string
    - `status_at` string
    - `blocked_reasons` object[]
      - `type` string
      - `resource_type` string, nullable
      - `resource` string, nullable
      - `note` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: 400

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `5a54f5eb888b`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/checkhq/apis/check-api/changes/filings/:filing_id/remove_blockers/post.md)

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