diff --git a/src/Api/Controllers/SendsController.cs b/src/Api/Controllers/SendsController.cs
index 5f1d7527ac..6d500e24a1 100644
--- a/src/Api/Controllers/SendsController.cs
+++ b/src/Api/Controllers/SendsController.cs
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ public class SendsController : Controller
             throw new BadRequestException($"Max file size is {SendService.MAX_FILE_SIZE_READABLE}.");
         }
 
+        model.ValidateCreation();
         var userId = _userService.GetProperUserId(User).Value;
         var (send, data) = model.ToSend(userId, model.File.FileName, _sendService);
         var uploadUrl = await _sendService.SaveFileSendAsync(send, data, model.FileLength.Value);
diff --git a/test/Api.Test/Controllers/SendsControllerTests.cs b/test/Api.Test/Controllers/SendsControllerTests.cs
index 07ca95a857..6509906cc2 100644
--- a/test/Api.Test/Controllers/SendsControllerTests.cs
+++ b/test/Api.Test/Controllers/SendsControllerTests.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using Bit.Api.Models.Response;
 using Bit.Core.Context;
 using Bit.Core.Entities;
 using Bit.Core.Enums;
+using Bit.Core.Exceptions;
 using Bit.Core.Repositories;
 using Bit.Core.Services;
 using Bit.Core.Settings;
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ namespace Bit.Api.Test.Controllers;
 
 public class SendsControllerTests : IDisposable
 {
-
     private readonly SendsController _sut;
     private readonly GlobalSettings _globalSettings;
     private readonly IUserService _userService;
@@ -76,4 +76,30 @@ public class SendsControllerTests : IDisposable
         Assert.NotNull(response);
         Assert.Null(response.CreatorIdentifier);
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Post_DeletionDateIsMoreThan31DaysFromNow_ThrowsBadRequest()
+    {
+        var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
+        var expected = "You cannot have a Send with a deletion date that far " +
+                    "into the future. Adjust the Deletion Date to a value less than 31 days from now " +
+                    "and try again.";
+        var request = new SendRequestModel() { DeletionDate = now.AddDays(32) };
+
+        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<BadRequestException>(() => _sut.Post(request));
+        Assert.Equal(expected, exception.Message);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PostFile_DeletionDateIsMoreThan31DaysFromNow_ThrowsBadRequest()
+    {
+        var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
+        var expected = "You cannot have a Send with a deletion date that far " +
+                    "into the future. Adjust the Deletion Date to a value less than 31 days from now " +
+                    "and try again.";
+        var request = new SendRequestModel() { Type = SendType.File, FileLength = 1024L, DeletionDate = now.AddDays(32) };
+
+        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<BadRequestException>(() => _sut.PostFile(request));
+        Assert.Equal(expected, exception.Message);
+    }
 }