# CORRECTIVE_RECIPIENT_IS_ANOTHER_PERSON

The recipient given is a different customer from the invoice's: this corrects the data of the same recipient. If the invoice was issued to another person, correct it in full (TOTAL) and issue a new invoice to the right recipient.

<Callout type="info">
**Category:** [Invoices](/errors/category/invoicing)
</Callout>

| | |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | `422` Unprocessable Content |
| Retry | No |

## When it happens

A recipient-data corrective (`PARTIAL`, `R4`, no `lines`) names a customer other than the one the invoice went to. It corrects the data of the same recipient; an invoice issued to another person is not a data error.

## How to fix it

Correct the invoice in full with a `TOTAL` corrective and issue a new invoice to the right customer. To fix the data of the same customer, send its `customer_id` once the customer is updated.

## Retry

Do not retry. The outcome is final: sending the same request again gets the same answer.

## Returned by

The operations where this code is most likely. The list is not exhaustive.

- [`POST /v1/companies/{company_id}/invoices/{invoice_id}/corrective`](/invoices/createCompanyCorrectiveInvoice)

## Rules that cite this code

- [COR-017 · A corrective keeps the recipient, except to correct the recipient's data](/rules/corrective#cor-017)

## Example response

When this error occurs, the API answers `422` Unprocessable Content with a JSON body of this shape:

```json
{
  "type": "https://docs.beel.es/errors/CORRECTIVE_RECIPIENT_IS_ANOTHER_PERSON",
  "title": "CORRECTIVE_RECIPIENT_IS_ANOTHER_PERSON",
  "detail": "The recipient given is a different customer from the invoice's: this corrects the data of the same recipient. If the invoice was issued to another person, correct it in full (TOTAL) and issue a new invoice to the right recipient.",
  "instance": "/v1/<resource>",
  "errors": [],
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "CORRECTIVE_RECIPIENT_IS_ANOTHER_PERSON",
    "message": "The recipient given is a different customer from the invoice's: this corrects the data of the same recipient. If the invoice was issued to another person, correct it in full (TOTAL) and issue a new invoice to the right recipient.",
    "details": {}
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-05-21T10:00:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}
```

The `type` URI is stable and always resolves to this page.

## Message

<Tabs items={["English", "Spanish", "Catalan"]}>
  <Tab value="English">{"The recipient given is a different customer from the invoice's: this corrects the data of the same recipient. If the invoice was issued to another person, correct it in full (TOTAL) and issue a new invoice to the right recipient."}</Tab>
  <Tab value="Spanish">{"El destinatario indicado es otro cliente distinto del de la factura: esto corrige los datos del mismo destinatario. Si la factura se emitió a otra persona, rectifícala entera (TOTAL) y emite una factura nueva al destinatario correcto."}</Tab>
  <Tab value="Catalan">{"El destinatari indicat és un client diferent del de la factura: això corregeix les dades del mateix destinatari. Si la factura es va emetre a una altra persona, rectifica-la sencera (TOTAL) i emet una factura nova al destinatari correcte."}</Tab>
</Tabs>

Send the request with `Accept-Language: <es|en|ca>` to receive the message in your preferred language.

## Other errors in this category

<div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3 not-prose">
  <Card title="ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICE_UNAVAILABLE" description="A source invoice is not available (it does not exist or you no longer have access); uncheck the source invoices attachment to send without the folder" href="/errors/ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICE_UNAVAILABLE" />
  <Card title="ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICES_NO_SOURCES" description="The invoice has no consolidation disbursements: there are no source invoices to attach" href="/errors/ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICES_NO_SOURCES" />
  <Card title="ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICES_REQUIRES_PDF" description="Attaching the source invoices also requires attaching the invoice PDF" href="/errors/ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICES_REQUIRES_PDF" />
  <Card title="ATTACH_SOURCE_PDF_MISSING" description="These source invoices have no generated PDF: ‹value›" href="/errors/ATTACH_SOURCE_PDF_MISSING" />
  <Card title="ATTACH_SOURCE_ZIP_TOO_LARGE" description="The source invoices ZIP (‹value› MB) exceeds the maximum sendable size (‹value› MB)" href="/errors/ATTACH_SOURCE_ZIP_TOO_LARGE" />
</div>

## Keep exploring

<div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3 not-prose">
  <Card title="All Invoices errors" description="Every code in this category in one table." href="/errors/category/invoicing" />
  <Card title="Error reference home" description="Browse every category or jump to the handling guide." href="/errors" />
</div>

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