Every dossier is initialized with the draft state. When the dossier is pending, it will have sent out any invitations for signing. From this point, the dossier is mostly no longer editable. Once the everyone has signed, the state becomes completed and the signed dossier will be ready for retrieval. If any invitee declines the state of the dossier will become delinced. After the dossier expiry time has passed, a dossier will always enter the expired state. In the expired state a dossier can no longer be completed or declined. Once the state is deleted the signed contracts are no longer downloadable and all contracts and sensitive information are removed from the system.