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url: /errors/mandate_already_exists.md
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# `MANDATE_ALREADY_EXISTS`

## Description

A mandate with the same name already exists for the specified manager.

## HTTP Status

`422 Unprocessable Entity`

## `doc_url` Format

The `doc_url` value is an absolute URL and changes by environment:

`<docs-base-url>/errors/mandate_already_exists`

## Typical Causes

* The specified manager already has a mandate with this name.

## Example

Response:

```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "MANDATE_ALREADY_EXISTS",
      "message": "A mandate with this name already exists for this manager",
      "doc_url": "https://docs.example.com/errors/mandate_already_exists"
    }
  ]
}
```

## How To Fix

1. Use a unique mandate name for this manager.
2. Check the existing catalog before you retry the request.