---
title: "Decline being the authorized signer"
method: POST
path: "/compliance/signer_changes/{id}/decline"
tags: ["compliance", "kyb", "customer-session"]
---

# Decline being the authorized signer

`POST /compliance/signer_changes/{id}/decline`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.stablesea.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.stablesea.com/compliance/signer_changes/{id}/decline`
- Auth: none declared

The member a request names declines, from their own session. Only that member can; the request is cancelled and everyone it concerns is told.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- ComplianceSignerChangeView
  - `group_id` string, required
  - `id` string, required
  - `incoming` ComplianceSignerChangeSigner, required
    - `email` string, required
    - `first_name` string, required
    - `job_title` string, required
    - `last_name` string, required
  - `kind` 'replace' | 'add', required
  - `new_signer_id` string, required
  - `outgoing` ComplianceSignerChangeSigner, required
    - `email` string, required
    - `first_name` string, required
    - `job_title` string, required
    - `last_name` string, required
  - `reason` string, required
  - `requested_by` string, required
  - `requested_by_name` string
  - `requested_ts` string, date-time, required
  - `signer_confirmed_ts` string, date-time, nullable
  - `state` 'awaiting_signer' | 'awaiting_approval' | 'approved' | 'rejected' | 'cancelled', required

## Other responses

- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found
- `409`: Conflict
- `default`: Error response.

## Changes

- **2026-10-29** `e003c8a67b62`: 5 info
  - added the optional property `error/authorization` to the response with the `401` status
  - added the optional property `error/authorization` to the response with the `403` status
  - added the optional property `error/authorization` to the response with the `404` status
  - added the optional property `error/authorization` to the response with the `409` status
  - …1 more
- **2026-10-17** `d126a185a9cf`: 1 info
  - added the required property `kind` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-10-16** `d8ab48e744d6`: 1 info
  - api tag `customer-session` added
- **2026-10-15** `10bd70ce0477`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/stablesea/apis/stable-sea-backend/changes/compliance/signer_changes/:id/decline/post.md)

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/stablesea/apis/stable-sea-backend.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/stablesea/apis/stable-sea-backend/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/stablesea/apis/stable-sea-backend/revisions/6f5456d6453c?raw)