diff --git a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/manualredactions/ManualRedactionMapper.java b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/manualredactions/ManualRedactionMapper.java
index 7d7e1a1da..e3a146180 100644
--- a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/manualredactions/ManualRedactionMapper.java
+++ b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/manualredactions/ManualRedactionMapper.java
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ public class ManualRedactionMapper {
         EntityLog entityLog = entityLogService.getEntityLog(dossierId, fileId, Collections.emptyList(), includeUnprocessed);
         List<RecategorizationRequest> requests = new ArrayList<>();
         for (RecategorizationRequestModel recategorizationRequest : recategorizationRequests) {
-            checkLegalBasisIsNotNull(recategorizationRequest.getLegalBasis());
             EntityLogEntry entityLogEntry = getEntityLogEntry(entityLog, recategorizationRequest.getAnnotationId());
             RecategorizationRequest build = RecategorizationRequest.builder()
                     .annotationId(recategorizationRequest.getAnnotationId())
@@ -166,13 +165,6 @@ public class ManualRedactionMapper {
     }
 
 
-    private void checkLegalBasisIsNotNull(String legalBasis) {
-        if(legalBasis == null) {
-            throw new BadRequestException("No legal basis provided.");
-        }
-    }
-
-
     public List<ResizeRedactionRequest> toResizeRedactionRequestList(Set<ResizeRedactionRequestModel> resizeRedactionRequests) {
 
         return resizeRedactionRequests.stream()
diff --git a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-shared-api-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/service/v1/api/shared/model/manual/RecategorizationRequestModel.java b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-shared-api-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/service/v1/api/shared/model/manual/RecategorizationRequestModel.java
index bddff3048..f6803a1a9 100644
--- a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-shared-api-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/service/v1/api/shared/model/manual/RecategorizationRequestModel.java
+++ b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-shared-api-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/service/v1/api/shared/model/manual/RecategorizationRequestModel.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.NonNull;
 import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
 
 @Data
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ public class RecategorizationRequestModel {
     String comment;
     boolean addToDictionary;
     boolean addToAllDossiers;
+    @NonNull
     String legalBasis;
 
 }