Party
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 40 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 | object | Contains links to endpoints associated with the parent object. See Links. |
| _private_ownerside | object | Contains attributes that are visible only to the owner-side party. See Private owner-side. |
| country_code | string(country_code) | The country code of the party. |
| id | integer(signed_integer_id) | The ID of the party. |
| identification_number | string | The unique organization number of the party. |
| my_party | boolean | Whether the party belongs to the current user or not. |
| name | string | The name of the owner-side party. |
| participants | array [Participant] | The list of participants in the owner side party. See Participant. |
| type | string(enum) | The owner-side party type attribute is always company. |
Private owner-side
The _private_ownerside object contains attributes that are only visible to the owner-side party.
| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| created_time | string(datetime) | The date and time when the party was created. |
| updated_time | string(datetime) | 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 | object | Contains links to endpoints associated with the parent object. See Links. |
| _private_ownerside | object | See Private owner-side individual. |
| country_code | string(country_code) | The country code of the individual party. |
| id | integer(signed_integer_id) | The unique ID of the individual party. |
| identification_number | string | The date of birth, SSN, personal ID or similar of the individual party. |
| my_party | boolean | Whether the party belongs to the current user or not. |
| name | string | The name of the individualparty. |
| participant | object | The person who represents the contract party with the type individual. See Participant. |
| type | string(enum) | The string constant individual, which indicates that this parties member is an individual. |
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 | string(datetime) | The date and time when the individual party was created. |
| updated_time | string(datetime) | 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 | object | Contains links to endpoints associated with the parent object. See Links. |
| _private_ownerside | object | See Private owner-side company. |
| country_code | string(country_code) | The country code of the contract party. |
| id | integer(signed_integer_id) | The unique ID of the company. |
| identification_number | string | The date of birth, SSN, personal ID, or similar of a company. |
| my_party | boolean | Whether the party belongs to the current user or not. |
| name | string | The name of the company. |
| participants | array | The list of the contract party participants; see Participant. |
| type | string(enum) | The type is always company. |
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 | string(datetime) | The date and time when the company was created. |
| updated_time | string(datetime) | The date and time when the company was last updated. |
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