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# How do waiver expiry, revisions and re-signing work?

> Set how long a waiver signature counts, see what editing a published waiver does to existing signatures, and make everyone sign again or expire a single signature.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * **Days or one date.** A signature lasts a set number of days or until one shared date. Leave the value empty and signatures never expire.
  * **Edits don't force re-signing.** Publishing an edit never makes anyone re-sign unless you choose **Require everyone to re-sign**.
  * **Re-signing is all at once.** **Require re-sign** expires every current signature together. Signed documents stay in each athlete's history.
  * **Or just one.** You can expire a single signature, with an optional reason the family sees.
</Note>

**How long a signature counts.** In **Athletes > Waivers**, choose **Edit Waiver** and, under **When it's asked**, set **Signature Validity Period > Expiry**:

| Option | Field | When a signature expires |
| - | - | - |
| **Valid for a set period** | **Valid for (days)**, 1 to 3,650 | That many days after it was given |
| **Valid until a specific date** | **Valid until** | After that whole day, no matter when it was given |

An empty field ("Never expires") means signatures never expire. Expiry doesn't affect when the waiver is offered, and past dates can't be picked.

**Changing expiry re-dates current signatures.** A new number of days counts from each signature's own date, so shortening it can expire older signatures at once. A new date applies to all of them, and an empty field means none expire. An expired signature is never revived.

**When a Valid until date passes.** Nobody can sign until you set a new date or change **Expiry**, and checkout for a registration that needs it stops with: "A required waiver for athlete \[name] has passed its expiry date and is closed for signatures. Please contact the club - they need to set a new waiver date before this registration can go through."

**Editing a published waiver.** Saving changes to its pages, signature or initials requirements, signers, age rules or PDF layout opens **Review waiver changes**, with added text underlined and removed text struck through. Existing signing records keep their original wording, and unfinished signings can finish the revision they started. Nobody re-signs unless you turn on **Require everyone to re-sign** there, which expires current coverage and keeps the waiver active.

**Revision history.** **View revision history** (under **Document**) shows each published revision and compares any two. Viewing never changes a signature.

**Making everyone re-sign now.** Once a waiver has current signatures, the **Signature Validity Period** card shows **Require everyone to re-sign** (also **Require new signatures** in the waiver's **Signatures** view).

<Steps>
  <Step title="Start">
    Choose **Require re-sign**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose what happens next">
    Pick **Re-collect signatures** to keep the waiver active (a fixed-date waiver also asks for the next **Valid until** date), or **Deactivate this waiver entirely** to archive it so it's no longer offered.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirm">
    Choose **Require re-sign**, or **Go back** to cancel.
  </Step>
</Steps>

**What happens.** Every current signature expires at once, across all versions and including signatures awaiting payment. Wherever the waiver is required, guardians are asked to sign again. Signed documents stay in each athlete's history, marked expired. Unfinished signings keep the revision they started.

**Expiring one signature.** In the waiver's **Signatures** view (from its row menu) or the **Waivers** section of an athlete profile's **Overview** tab, choose **Expire signature**. Add a **Reason (optional, visible to the family)** and confirm. Only that signature stops giving coverage. Its document and history stay, and other signatures are unchanged. You need the **Edit Settings** permission.

**Archiving keeps signed records.** A waiver with signatures can't be deleted, only archived (**Archive Waiver** in its row menu), which keeps every signed record.

**Related:** [How do I create and edit a waiver?](/club/waivers/create-and-edit-a-waiver) · [How do I view, print or download a signed waiver?](/club/waivers/view-and-download-signed-waivers) · [Where can I find the waivers I've signed?](/families/families-getting-started/find-signed-waivers)