---
title: "Create a continuation for a lien"
method: POST
path: "/v1/liens/{lien_id}/continuations"
tags: ["lienContinuations"]
---

# Create a continuation for a lien

`POST /v1/liens/{lien_id}/continuations`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.middesk.com`
- URL: `https://api.middesk.com/v1/liens/{lien_id}/continuations`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/middesk/apis/middesk-api/docs/v1/liens/:lien_id/continuations/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Creates a lien continuation, extending the lien before it lapses. Returns the existing continuation if one is already in flight for the lien.

## Path parameters

- `lien_id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `packet_number` string: Packet number for the continuation filing (optional - auto-generated if not provided). Cannot contain underscores unless the lien being continued has an underscored packet number.

## Response `200`

existing lien continuation returned

- LienContinuationsCreateLienContinuationResponse
  - `object` string: Object type
  - `id` string: Lien continuation ID
  - `lien_id` string: Associated lien ID
  - `status` string: Continuation status
  - `old_lapse_date` string, date, nullable: Lapse date before the continuation
  - `new_lapse_date` string, date, nullable: Lapse date after the continuation is filed
  - `file_number` string, nullable: Filing file number
  - `confirmation_number` string, nullable: Filing confirmation number
  - `packet_number` string, nullable: Filing packet number
  - `filing_date` string, date, nullable: Date the continuation was filed
  - `created_at` string: Creation timestamp
  - `updated_at` string: Last update timestamp

## Other responses

- `404`: lien not found
- `422`: packet number contains an underscore

## Changes

- **2026-09-29** `e9c8c0f52777`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/middesk/apis/middesk-api/changes/v1/liens/:lien_id/continuations/post.md)

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