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title: Approve or reject a stock preclearance approval
description: As a member of the legal stock approvers group, approve or reject a stock preclearance approval request so that the requester can trade in the securities of the organization.
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product: Legal Stock Preclearance
classification: legal-stock-preclearance
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# Approve or reject a stock preclearance approval

As a member of the legal stock approvers group, approve or reject a stock preclearance approval request so that the requester can trade in the securities of the organization.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_lg\_ops.legal\_fulfiller

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Legal Request** > **Legal Counsel Center**.

2.  Click the list icon \(\[Omitted image "lsd-lcc-list-icon.png"\] Alt text: List icon\).

3.  In the **Lists** tab, under **My Work**, click **Items Pending Approvals**.

4.  Open a stock preclearance approval request record by clicking **Requested**.

5.  Approve or reject the stock preclearance approval request.

    -   To approve the stock preclearance approval request, click **Approve**.

        The state of the approval request updates to **Approved**.

    -   To reject the stock preclearance approval request, click **Reject**.

        The state of the approval request updates to **Rejected**.


## Result

-   If you approve the stock preclearance approval request, the requester can perform the requested securities transaction within the current trading window. The approval is valid based on the approval validity days settings or the closing date of the current trading window, whichever is earlier.
-   If you approve the request on a holiday, the approval validity starts from the next business day.
-   If you reject the request, the requester cannot perform any securities transactions.

**Parent Topic:**[Submitting Legal Stock Preclearance requests](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/legal-stock-preclearance/submit-legal-stock-reqs.md)