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title: "Legal Hold"
slug: "legal-hold-1"
updated: 2025-01-30T18:48:53Z
published: 2025-01-30T18:48:53Z
canonical: "wiki.cobblestonesoftware.com/legal-hold-1"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Legal Hold

### **Legal Hold**

**Contract Details: Legal Hold**

A System Admin User or any User with the **Setup: Manage Legal Holds** Permission assigned can manage a Contract Record’s **Legal Hold** Status. To put a Contract Record on Legal Hold, **View all Actions**, then click **Add** **Legal Hold** on the **All Record Actions** menu.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/All%20Record%20Actions%20on%20Contract%20-%20Legal%20Hold.png)

A banner notification, as seen below, appears in the Notices and Alerts dock at the top of the record. It will also show as a Record Alert on the side panel. Clicking the Record Alerts box will bring up a window with the banner notification as well. . Fields are locked from editing and Attachments can no longer be added or deleted.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/Legal%20Hold%20on%20Contract.PNG)

To remove the Legal Hold, click **Remove Legal Hold** on the All Record Actions menu.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/e3626857-1fb5-4e27-b278-2d3fc5508be4/Images/Documentation/Remove%20Legal%20Hold.PNG)

To be able to attach new files while a record is on Legal Hold, there is a configuration setting for that. Navigate to:

**Manage/Setup** > **Application Configuration** > **Config Settings**

Make sure **Security** is selected for the **Select Configuration Group** drop down. Go to **Group: Legal Hold** and adjust the **Disable File Uploads with Legal Hold** setting.

There is also a configuration setting regarding Document Authoring and Document Collaboration processes while on Legal Hold. (Document Collaboration being only relevant if using the Document Collaboration Add-On Module)

Select **Security** for **Select Configuration Group**. Modify **Document Collaboration with Legal Hold** as necessary.