diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 3e41e66bc01d..73a2d77efffe 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -3290,6 +3290,10 @@ importers:
       react:
         specifier: 18.3.1
         version: 18.3.1
+    devDependencies:
+      kea-test-utils:
+        specifier: 'catalog:'
+        version: 0.2.4(kea@4.0.0-pre.6(patch_hash=139b8d1f1304f9d9da452a9a1244c94ea679dbcb85687d8999563146879fb6f5)(react@18.3.1))
 
   products/links:
     dependencies:
diff --git a/products/legal_documents/frontend/scenes/legalDocumentsLogic.test.ts b/products/legal_documents/frontend/scenes/legalDocumentsLogic.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a56b86997f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/products/legal_documents/frontend/scenes/legalDocumentsLogic.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { expectLogic } from 'kea-test-utils'
+
+import { initKeaTests } from '~/test/init'
+
+import { AppContext } from '../../../../frontend/src/types'
+import * as api from '../generated/api'
+import { legalDocumentsLogic } from './legalDocumentsLogic'
+
+jest.mock('../generated/api', () => ({
+    legalDocumentsList: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ results: [] }),
+}))
+
+describe('legalDocumentsLogic', () => {
+    let logic: ReturnType<typeof legalDocumentsLogic.build>
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+        logic?.unmount()
+    })
+
+    it('does not call the API with the "@current" sentinel while the organization is still loading', async () => {
+        // No organization in context yet, and organizationLogic won't resolve it
+        // synchronously — currentOrganizationId falls back to '@current' during
+        // this window, which the backend 404s on.
+        window.POSTHOG_APP_CONTEXT = { current_user: null } as unknown as AppContext
+        initKeaTests(false)
+        logic = legalDocumentsLogic()
+        logic.mount()
+
+        await expectLogic(logic).toDispatchActions(['loadLegalDocumentsSuccess'])
+
+        expect(api.legalDocumentsList).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        expect(logic.values.legalDocuments).toEqual([])
+    })
+})
diff --git a/products/legal_documents/frontend/scenes/legalDocumentsLogic.ts b/products/legal_documents/frontend/scenes/legalDocumentsLogic.ts
index 2cb3528a71dc..1cfafa2e8a2b 100644
--- a/products/legal_documents/frontend/scenes/legalDocumentsLogic.ts
+++ b/products/legal_documents/frontend/scenes/legalDocumentsLogic.ts
@@ -215,17 +215,22 @@ export const legalDocumentsLogic = kea<legalDocumentsLogicType>([
             [] as LegalDocument[],
             {
                 loadLegalDocuments: async () => {
-                    if (!values.currentOrganizationId) {
+                    if (!values.currentOrganization?.id) {
+                        // Organization hasn't loaded yet — currentOrganizationId would
+                        // fall back to the '@current' sentinel, which the backend can't
+                        // resolve. No-op until the real organization is available.
                         return []
                     }
-                    if (values.isAdminOrOwner === false && values.currentOrganization) {
+                    if (values.isAdminOrOwner === false) {
                         return []
                     }
                     try {
                         const response = await api.legalDocumentsList(values.currentOrganizationId)
                         return (response.results ?? []) as LegalDocument[]
                     } catch (error) {
-                        if (error instanceof ApiError && error.status === 403) {
+                        // 403 (non-admin) and 404 (organization not resolvable, e.g. a
+                        // stale/transient race) both degrade to an empty list.
+                        if (error instanceof ApiError && (error.status === 403 || error.status === 404)) {
                             return []
                         }
                         throw error
@@ -287,7 +292,7 @@ export const legalDocumentsLogic = kea<legalDocumentsLogicType>([
             actions.setLegalDocumentValue('dpa_mode', dpaMode)
         },
         deleteLegalDocument: async ({ id, documentType }) => {
-            if (!values.currentOrganizationId) {
+            if (!values.currentOrganization?.id) {
                 return
             }
             actions.setDeletingId(id)
diff --git a/products/legal_documents/package.json b/products/legal_documents/package.json
index ba786583c1a8..7c960c506f37 100644
--- a/products/legal_documents/package.json
+++ b/products/legal_documents/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
         "kea-loaders": "catalog:",
         "kea-router": "catalog:"
     },
+    "devDependencies": {
+        "kea-test-utils": "catalog:"
+    },
     "peerDependencies": {
         "@posthog/icons": "catalog:",
         "@posthog/lemon-ui": "*",