---
title: LegalPerson
summary: API reference for LegalPerson.
status: draft
owner: SAIF.Core documentation team
last_reviewed: 2026-09-24
library: SAIF.Data
reference_type: package
---

# LegalPerson

Domain entity representing Legal person data within the legal area of the claims/policy domain, mapped for NHibernate persistence.*

## Purpose
- Models legal person data used by the legal area of this library.*
- Inherits shared identity/lifecycle behavior from `EntityBase`.

## Context
- Namespace: `SAIF.Data.Model.Legal`
- Assembly/package: `SAIF.Data`

## Public members
| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Id | `long Id { get; set; }` | Primary key / surrogate identifier for this record.* |
| LastName | `string LastName { get; set; }` | Value of last name exposed by this type.* |
| FirstName | `string FirstName { get; set; }` | Value of first name exposed by this type.* |
| PreferredName | `string PreferredName { get; set; }` | Value of preferred name exposed by this type.* |
| MiddleInitial | `string MiddleInitial { get; set; }` | Value of middle initial exposed by this type.* |
| CreateDate | `DateTime CreateDate { get; set; }` | Date/time value for create date.* |
| CreateUser | `string CreateUser { get; set; }` | Value of create user exposed by this type.* |
| UpdateDate | `DateTime? UpdateDate { get; set; }` | Date/time value for update date.* |
| UpdateUser | `string UpdateUser { get; set; }` | Value of update user exposed by this type.* |
| LegalPersonAddress | `LegalPersonAddress LegalPersonAddress { get; set; }` | Reference to the associated `LegalPersonAddress` record.* |

## Behavioral notes
- Properties are typically declared `virtual` to support NHibernate lazy-loading proxies (see the corresponding mapping file under `Data/SAIF.Data.NHibernate`).*

## Constraints and usage notes
- No additional usage constraints beyond standard NHibernate entity/DTO conventions could be confirmed from static analysis.**

> **Note:** Statements marked with * were inferred from code structure, naming conventions, or contextual evidence where direct confirmation was not available in source artifacts. Statements marked with ** could not be confirmed; treat as unknown until verified.

## Sources
- `Data/SAIF.Data/Model/Legal/LegalPerson.cs`