A legal_entity is a person or business with distinct legal rights. Legal Entities can be associated with Counterparties and Internal Accounts.

Attribute	Description
id string	Unique identifier for the Legal Entity.
external_id string	An optional user-defined unique identifier.
legal_entity_type string	Type of Legal Entity. One of: `individual` or `business`.
risk_rating string	Risk rating of the Legal Entity. One of: `low`, `medium`, or `high`.
prefix string	Prefix of an `individual`.
first_name string	Legal first name of an `individual`.
middle_name string	Legal middle name of an `individual`.
last_name string	Legal last name of an `individual`.
suffix string	Suffix of an `individual`.
preferred_name string	Preferred name of an `individual`.
citizenship_country string	Citizenship country of an `individual`. Country code conforms to ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 .
politically_exposed_person boolean	Whether the `individual` is a politically exposed person.
date_of_birth string	Date of birth of an `individual`. Format: YYYY-MM-DD
date_formed string	Date of formation of a `business`. Format: YYYY-MM-DD
business_name string	Legal name of the `business`.
doing_business_as_names array string	List of doing business as names for a `business`.
legal_structure string	Legal structure of the `business`. One of `corporation`, `llc`, `non_profit`, `partnership`, `sole_proprietorship`, `trust`.
bank_settings object	Additional bank-specific settings for a legal entity. See bank-specific docs for available fields for this object.
wealth_and_employment_details object	Wealth and employment details for an `individual`. See bank-specific docs for available fields for this object.
identifications array object	An array of Identifications used for Tax IDs, legal entity IDs and other identification numbers.
phone_numbers array object	An array of phone numbers in E.164 format. e.g. `[{phone_number: "+12061111111"}]`
email string	Email address of the Legal Entity.
addresses array object	An array of Legal Entity Addresses.
website string	Website of the `business`.
status string	The activation status of the entity. One of `pending`, `active`, `suspended`, or `denied`. Note: Only applicable to legal entities created under a Modern Treasury Payment Accounts connection. All other legal entities will have a static `status` of `pending`.
metadata object	Additional data represented as key-value pairs. Both the key and value must be strings. See Metadata.
live_mode boolean	This field will be true if this object was created with a production API key or false if created with a test API key.

{
  "id": "8425ab9c-725f-4ef1-8102-a582926e753b",
  "object": "legal_entity",
  "live_mode": true,
  "legal_entity_type": "individual",
  "risk_rating": "low",
  "first_name": "Mauricio",
  "last_name": "Beer",
  "date_of_birth": "1980-06-07",
  "date_formed": null,
  "business_name": null,
  "doing_business_as_names": [],
  "legal_structure": null,
  "email": "avery.johns@parker.example",
  "website": null,
  "phone_numbers": [
    {
      "phone_number": "+12061111111"
    }
  ],
  "bank_settings": {
    "id": "03af94a0-7f32-46a5-ae29-2b5769d5843f",
    "object": "legal_entity_bank_setting",
    "live_mode": true,
    "backup_withholding_percentage": 10,
    "enable_backup_withholding": true,
    "privacy_opt_out": true,
    "regulation_o": true,
    "discarded_at": null,
    "created_at": "2024-02-05T17:33:51Z",
    "updated_at": "2024-02-05T17:33:51Z"
  },
  "wealth_and_employment_details": {
    "id": "03af94a0-7f32-46a5-ae29-2b5769d5843e",
    "object": "legal_entity_wealth_employment_detail",
    "live_mode": true,
    "employment_status": "employed",
    "occupation": "technology",
    "industry": "finance",
    "income_source": "salary",
    "income_state": "CA",
    "income_country": "US",
    "employer_name": "Modern Treasury",
    "employer_state": "CA",
    "employer_country": "US",
    "source_of_funds": "salary",
    "wealth_source": "salary",
    "annual_income": 100000
  },
  "addresses": [
    {
      "id": "03af94a0-7f32-46a5-ae29-2b5769d5843g",
      "object": "legal_entity_address",
      "live_mode": true,
      "address_types": [],
      "line1": "119 5th Ave",
      "line2": "Suite 600",
      "locality": "New York",
      "region": "NY",
      "postal_code": "10003",
      "country": "US",
      "primary": true,
      "discarded_at": null,
      "created_at": "2024-02-05T17:33:51Z",
      "updated_at": "2024-02-05T17:33:51Z"
    }
  ],
  "identifications": [
    {
      "id": "ae02f9c1-c5d1-4bfd-9712-8df10885defa",
      "object": "identification",
      "expiration_date": "2029-04-14",
      "live_mode": true,
      "id_type": "us_ssn",
      "issuing_country": "US",
      "issuing_region": null,
      "discarded_at": null,
      "created_at": "2024-02-05T17:42:33Z",
      "updated_at": "2024-02-05T17:42:33Z"
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {},
  "discarded_at": null,
  "created_at": "2024-02-05T17:42:33Z",
  "updated_at": "2024-02-05T17:42:33Z"
}

{
  "id": "8555c38f-8906-4390-844e-1e9997009313",
  "object": "legal_entity",
  "live_mode": true,
  "legal_entity_type": "business",
  "risk_rating": "low",
  "first_name": null,
  "last_name": null,
  "date_of_birth": null,
  "date_formed": "2001-06-07",
  "business_name": "Business Name",
  "doing_business_as_names": ["DBA"],
  "legal_structure": ["corporation"],
  "email": "example@gmail.com",
  "website": "http://www.example.com",
  "phone_numbers": [
    {
      "phone_number": "+97213859098921" 
    }
  ],
  "addresses": [
    {
      "id": "03af94a0-7f32-46a5-ae29-2b5769d5843f",
      "object": "legal_entity_address",
      "live_mode": true,
      "address_types": [],
      "line1": "119 5th Ave",
      "line2": "Suite 600",
      "locality": "New York",
      "region": "NY",
      "postal_code": "10003",
      "country": "US",
      "primary": true,
      "discarded_at": null,
      "created_at": "2024-02-05T17:33:51Z",
      "updated_at": "2024-02-05T17:33:51Z"
    }
  ],
  "identifications": [
    {
      "id": "bc6b5ad1-1313-4d5e-b720-0deb99889832",
      "object": "identification",
      "live_mode": true,
      "id_type": "us_ein",
      "issuing_country": "US",
      "discarded_at": null,
      "created_at": "2024-02-05T17:33:51Z",
      "updated_at": "2024-02-05T17:33:51Z"
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {},
  "discarded_at": null,
  "created_at": "2024-02-05T17:33:51Z",
  "updated_at": "2024-02-05T17:33:51Z"
}