# `status_differs_across_registers`: the two registers disagree about whether the entity is live

One register has the entity active and the other does not.

- Appears in: `flag`
- Billing: Free. The flags come with an answer that has already been paid for.

The national register is the authority on whether a company exists; the LEI record reflects what was last reported to the issuing organisation.

Both statuses are quoted in `agreements`, with each register's own wording in `status_detail`.

**What to do.** Trust the national register on existence. A disagreement usually means the LEI record is stale.

```json
{
    "flags": [
        "status_differs_across_registers"
    ],
    "agreements": [
        {
            "field": "status",
            "lei": "active",
            "national_register": "dissolved",
            "result": "differ"
        }
    ]
}
```

Reference: https://spaw.co/docs/reasons/status_differs_across_registers