# Create a legal representative for a business

Links the person or business specified in the request body to the business specified in the URL as a legal representative. You must add legal representatives sequentially with individual calls to this endpoint. A legal representative can update the  resource of any person connected to the business using the  method. : It's mandatory to collect the tax information from each legal representative associated with the business and create a tax identification resource using POST Create a person tax identification.

Endpoint: POST /v1/businesses/{business_id}/legal_representatives
Version: 1.0

## Path parameters:

  - `business_id` (string, required)

## Request fields (application/json):

  - `legal_representative_id` (string)
    The ID of the person or business to add as a legal representative of the given business.
    Example: "0ba2211cab11af6094d60ead81f2bd9dcper"

  - `type_of_representation` (string)
    The type of representation to assign to the legal representative.
    Enum: "ALONE", "JOINT", "OTHER", "AUTHORIZED_PERSON"

  - `power_of_attorney_confirmed_at` (string)
    Timestamp from when the person confirmed that they have power of attorney for the business.
    Example: "2017-01-01T00:00:00Z"

## Response 201 fields (application/json):

  - `id` (string)
    ID of the legal representative relationship.
    Example: "a46578f4049f42aba9fe88a2a80fed53"

  - `legal_representative_id` (string)
    ID of the person or business with the legal authority to represent the business.
    Example: "33fbdd2c0bb94db1af5b5d2a4426cper"

  - `legal_representative_type` (string)
    The type of legal representative that this record represents.
    Enum: "Person", "Business"

  - `valid_until` (string)
    Date when the legal representative relationship expires.
    Example: "2022-12-31"

  - `power_of_attorney_confirmed_at` (string)
    UTC timestamp from when the legal representative's power of attorney was confirmed.
    Example: "2022-04-22T16:02:54Z"

  - `type_of_representation` (string)
    The type of legal representation.
    Enum: "ALONE", "JOINT", "OTHER", "AUTHORIZED_PERSON"

  - `business_id` (string)
    ID of the business for which the person or business is a legal representative.
    Example: "095cc43012a04ccca02f0f93c145cbiz"

## Response 400 fields (application/json):

  - `id` (string)
    Example: "a95f2aaf-4e0c-4d49-8021-8a16a884ed86"

  - `status` (string)
    Example: "400"

  - `code` (string)
    Example: "build_pagination_headers_failure"

  - `title` (string)
    Example: "Failed to build pagination headers."

  - `detail` (string)
    Example: "Cannot connect to database."

## Response 403 fields (application/json):

  - `id` (string)
    Example: "a95f2aaf-4e0c-4d49-8021-8a16a884ed86"

  - `status` (string)
    Example: "403"

  - `code` (string)
    Example: "unauthorized_action"

  - `title` (string)
    Example: "Unauthorized Action"

  - `detail` (string)
    Example: "Unauthorized action is not allowed."

## Response 404 fields (application/json):

  - `id` (string)
    Example: "a95f2aaf-4e0c-4d49-8021-8a16a884ed86"

  - `status` (string)
    Example: "404"

  - `code` (string)
    Example: "model_not_found"

  - `title` (string)
    Example: "Model Not Found"

  - `detail` (string)
    Example: "Couldn't find 'Solaris::Identification' for id 'bbbcccfff388923eb899a5852df6cidt'."

## Response 500 fields (application/json):

  - `id` (string)
    Example: "e8915041-9d8c-4d96-9dd1-04e8522ecdbf"

  - `status` (string)
    Example: "500"

  - `code` (string)
    Example: "generic_error"

  - `title` (string)
    Example: "Generic Error"

  - `detail` (string)
    Example: "There was an error."