---
title: "Submit an in-progress prior-authority request"
method: POST
path: "/prior-authorities/{priorAuthorityId}/submit"
tags: ["Prior Authority"]
---

# Submit an in-progress prior-authority request

`POST /prior-authorities/{priorAuthorityId}/submit`

## Request

- Base URL: `http://localhost:8080`
- URL: `http://localhost:8080/prior-authorities/{priorAuthorityId}/submit`
- Auth: none declared

Locks the draft and forwards the submission to the Access Data Store for validation.

## Path parameters

- `priorAuthorityId` string, uuid, required

## Response `201`

Request accepted. Location header contains the submission URL. confirmationEmailAddress is the address the confirmation email is being sent to, or null if it could not be determined.

- PriorAuthorityApplicationResponse: Confirmation returned after a prior-authority application has been submitted.
  - `priorAuthorityId` string, uuid: Identifier assigned to the prior-authority application by the Access Data Store.
  - `submittedAt` string, date-time: Timestamp the application was accepted by the Access Data Store.
  - `confirmationEmailAddress` string, nullable: Address the submission confirmation email is being sent to. Null when it could not be determined, in which case no email is sent.

## Other responses

- `400`: Validation failed
- `409`: Not in a submittable state

## Changes

- **2026-10-07** `9e3a75dec40e`: 1 info
  - added the optional property `confirmationEmailAddress` to the response with the `201` status
- **2026-09-11** `efed7defdc0c`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/ministryofjustice/apis/ministry-of-justice-laa-civil-manage-api/changes/prior-authorities/:priorAuthorityId/submit/post.md)

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