A party represents a legal entity in a contract. A contract can be signed between two types of parties or sides of the contract:
Note:
You can add multiple parties to your contract; however, there can be at most 30 parties per contract.
Owner-side party
The owner-side party is the party that created, and therefore owns, the contract.
Many actions and data points are available only to the owner-side party, such as deleting the contract and information about the counterparty participants.
Note:
The owner-side party type is always
companyand cannot beindividual.
The table below displays all the attributes available for the owner-side party.
Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
_links | Contains links to endpoints associated with the parent object. See Links. | |
_private_ownerside | Contains attributes that are visible only to the owner-side party. See Private owner-side. | |
country_code | The country code of the party. | |
id | The ID of the party. | |
identification_number | The unique organization number of the party. | |
my_party | Whether the party belongs to the current user or not. | |
name | The name of the owner-side party. | |
participants | The list of participants in the owner side party. See Participant. | |
type | The owner-side party |
Private owner-side
The _private_ownerside object contains attributes that are only visible to the owner-side party.
Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
created_time | The date and time when the party was created. | |
updated_time | The date and time when the party was last updated. |
Counterparty
Any party that is not the owner-side party is a counterparty.
There are two types of counterparties:
- Individual - a single participant who signs the contract on their own behalf.
- Company - one or more participants that sign the contract on behalf of a legal entity. This type of counterparty can be used by any company, organization, or government department.
Individual
A contract party of the individual type has a single participant who signs the contract on their own behalf.
The table below shows all attributes available for the individual counterparty.
Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
_links | Contains links to endpoints associated with the parent object. See links. | |
_private_ownerside | ||
country_code | The country code of the | |
id | The unique ID of the | |
identification_number | The date of birth, SSN, personal ID or similar of the | |
my_party | Whether the party belongs to the current user or not. | |
name | The name of the | |
participant | The person who represents the contract party with the type | |
type | The string constant |
Private owner-side individual
The _private_ownerside object of the individual party contains attributes visible only to the owner-side party.
Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
created_time | The date and time when the | |
updated_time | The date and time when the individual party was last updated. |
Company
The contract party with the company type is a legal entity involved in the contract. More than one participant can sign a contract on behalf of the party with the company type.
Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
_links | Contains links to endpoints associated with the parent object. See Links inks]. | |
_private_ownerside | ||
country_code | The country code of the contract party. | |
id | The unique ID of the company. | |
identification_number | The date of birth, SSN, personal ID, or similar of a company. | |
my_party | Whether the party belongs to the current user or not. | |
name | The name of the company. | |
participants | The list of the contract party participants; see Participant. | |
type | The |
Private owner-side company
The _private_ownerside object for the company party contains attributes visible only to the owner-side party. The owner-side party is the party that created the contract.
Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
created_time | The date and time when the company was created. | |
updated_time | The date and time when the company was last updated. |
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