---
title: Initiate an offline signature for a contract request
description: Initiate an offline signature when a contract has been signed outside Contract Management Pro and record the signed document in Contract Management Pro.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-initiate-offline-signature-workspace.html
release: australia
product: Contract Management Pro
classification: contract-management-pro
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-05-16"
reading_time_minutes: 1
keywords: [offline signature, contract request, Contract Management Pro]
breadcrumb: [Signature workflow for a contract request, Common contract request tasks, Use, Contract Management Pro, Legal and Contract Operations, Employee Service Management]
---

# Initiate an offline signature for a contract request

Initiate an offline signature when a contract has been signed outside Contract Management Pro and record the signed document in Contract Management Pro.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_cm\_core.contract\_fulfiller

## About this task

**Note:** The **Initiate offline signature** option is not available for wet signature and electronic signature. For more information, see [Send a contract document for signature](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-send-doc-signature.md).

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to your workspace.

2.  Open the contract request where the signature type is offline signature.

3.  Select **Initiate offline signature**.

4.  In the confirmation message, select **Initiate**.


## Result

-   The contract request state updates to **Awaiting signature**.
-   Signature request emails are not sent to the signatories.
-   The status of all signatories is set to **Pending**.

From this state, only the **Upload signed contracts** and **Cancel signature** actions are available.

For offline signatures, you don't need to select signatories while uploading the signed contract. For more information, see [Upload a signed contract document](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-upload-doc-wsignature.md).

To cancel the offline signature process, see [Cancel the signature process](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-cancel-a-manual-signature.md).

**Parent Topic:**[Signature workflow for a contract request](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-signature-workflow.md)