diff --git a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-impl-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/persistence/service/v1/external/api/impl/controller/StatusController.java b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-impl-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/persistence/service/v1/external/api/impl/controller/StatusController.java
index 9acf78b8a..5f4921559 100644
--- a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-impl-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/persistence/service/v1/external/api/impl/controller/StatusController.java
+++ b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-impl-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/persistence/service/v1/external/api/impl/controller/StatusController.java
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ public class StatusController implements StatusResource {
                 .excluded(status.isExcluded())
                 .excludedPages(status.getExcludedPages())
                 .softDeletedTime(status.getDeleted())
+                .hardDeletedTime(status.getHardDeletedTime())
                 .analysisRequired(status.isAnalysisRequired())
                 .lastFileAttributeChange(status.getLastFileAttributeChange())
                 .redactionModificationDate(status.getRedactionModificationDate())
diff --git a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-impl-v2/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/persistence/service/v2/external/api/impl/controller/FileControllerV2.java b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-impl-v2/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/persistence/service/v2/external/api/impl/controller/FileControllerV2.java
index 36dcc42e7..b91db32f4 100644
--- a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-impl-v2/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/persistence/service/v2/external/api/impl/controller/FileControllerV2.java
+++ b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-impl-v2/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/persistence/service/v2/external/api/impl/controller/FileControllerV2.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import static com.iqser.red.service.persistence.service.v2.api.external.resource
 import static com.iqser.red.service.persistence.service.v2.api.external.resource.DossierResource.INCLUDE_SOFT_DELETED_PARAM;
 import static com.iqser.red.service.persistence.service.v2.api.external.resource.DossierTemplateResource.DOSSIER_TEMPLATE_ID_PARAM;
 
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -94,10 +95,14 @@ public class FileControllerV2 implements FileResource {
 
         dossierController.getDossier(dossierId, true, includeSoftDeleted);
 
-        var status = statusController.getFileStatus(dossierId, fileId);
+        FileStatus status = statusController.getFileStatus(dossierId, fileId);
+
+        if (status.getHardDeletedTime() != null) {
+            throw new NotFoundException(String.format("The requested file has been hard deleted on %s.", status.getHardDeletedTime().format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE)));
+        }
 
         if (!includeSoftDeleted && status.getSoftDeletedTime() != null) {
-            throw new NotFoundException("The requested file does not exist.");
+            throw new NotFoundException(String.format("The requested file has been soft deleted on %s.", status.getSoftDeletedTime().format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE)));
         }
 
         return status;
diff --git a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-shared-api-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/service/v1/api/shared/model/FileStatus.java b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-shared-api-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/service/v1/api/shared/model/FileStatus.java
index f2f09de90..1af0c17f7 100644
--- a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-shared-api-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/service/v1/api/shared/model/FileStatus.java
+++ b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-shared-api-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/service/v1/api/shared/model/FileStatus.java
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ public class FileStatus {
     private Set<Integer> excludedPages;
     @Schema(description = "Shows if the file is soft deleted.")
     private OffsetDateTime softDeletedTime;
+    @Schema(description = "Shows if the file is hard deleted.")
+    private OffsetDateTime hardDeletedTime;
     @Schema(description = "Date and time when the files attributes was last updated.")
     private OffsetDateTime lastFileAttributeChange;
     @Schema(description = "Shows if there are any Suggestions in this file.")