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

# Add Legal Representative

`POST /businesses/{business_id}/legal_representatives`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://sandbox.api.lemon.markets/v1`
- URL: `https://sandbox.api.lemon.markets/v1/businesses/{business_id}/legal_representatives`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

## 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

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/lemon/apis/lemon-markets-brokerage-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/lemon/apis/lemon-markets-brokerage-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/lemon/apis/lemon-markets-brokerage-api/revisions/1f1df208c0e4?raw)