---
title: ILegalNotesService
summary: API reference for ILegalNotesService.
status: draft
owner: SAIF Doc Gen
last_reviewed: 2026-09-24
library: SAIF.SAIFCode.Core
reference_type: package
---

# ILegalNotesService

`ILegalNotesService` declares a service contract in the Legal / Notes area, implemented outside this library (most likely in SAIF.Services, per the declare-here, enforce-elsewhere pattern documented for this library)*.

## Purpose
- Declares the operations that a SAIF.Services implementation must provide for the Legal / Notes area*.

## Context
- Namespace: `SAIF.Core.Contracts.Legal.Notes`
- Kind: Interface
- Assembly/package: `SAIF.Core` (NuGet package `SAIF.SAIFCode.Core`)

## Public members
| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `GetNotes` | `IEnumerable<LegalNote> GetNotes(LegalNoteSearchCriteria criteria)` | Returns notes, given `criteria`*. |
| `CreateNote` | `LegalNote CreateNote(LegalNote note, IMessageContainer messageContainer)` | Creates note, given `note`, `messageContainer`*. |
| `DeleteNote` | `void DeleteNote(long noteId, IMessageContainer messageContainer)` | Deletes note, given `noteId`, `messageContainer`*. |
| `IsUpdateUser` | `bool IsUpdateUser()` | Indicates whether update user applies to this ILegalNotesService*. |

> **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
- Core/SAIF.Core/Contracts/Legal/Notes/ILegalNotesService.cs