Unavailable For Legal Reasons

Client Error

The resource is unavailable due to legal reasons

Content blocked due to government censorship or copyright

How this status code appears in HTTP responses

HTTP Response Header

HTTP/1.1 451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons

cURL Example

curl -I https://example.com
# Returns: HTTP/1.1 451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons

This is a client error response indicating the request contains bad syntax or cannot be fulfilled.

Other codes in the same category

The server cannot process the request due to client error

Authentication is required and has failed or has not been provided

Reserved for future use in digital payment systems