diff --git a/spec/fixtures/vcr_cassettes/Person/find_by_id/account_locked.yml b/spec/fixtures/vcr_cassettes/Person/find_by_id/account_locked.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cdf2d8d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/vcr_cassettes/Person/find_by_id/account_locked.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+---
+http_interactions:
+- request:
+    method: get
+    uri: https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0003-1315-5960/person
+    body:
+      encoding: US-ASCII
+      string: ''
+    headers:
+      User-Agent:
+      - Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Maremma/4.7.2; mailto:info@datacite.org)
+      Accept:
+      - application/json;charset=UTF-8
+  response:
+    status:
+      code: 409
+      message: Conflict
+    headers:
+      Server:
+      - nginx/1.16.1
+      Cache-Control:
+      - no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/json;charset=UTF-8
+      Date:
+      - Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:28:00 GMT
+      Expires:
+      - '0'
+      Pragma:
+      - no-cache
+      X-Xss-Protection:
+      - 1; mode=block
+      Access-Control-Allow-Origin:
+      - "*"
+      X-Content-Type-Options:
+      - nosniff
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      Set-Cookie:
+      - X-Mapping-fjhppofk=26484D0F5DA32D2D6AF64AA1C9DBBA16; path=/
+      X-Frame-Options:
+      - DENY
+    body:
+      encoding: ASCII-8BIT
+      string: '{"response-code":409,"developer-message":"409 Conflict: The ORCID record
+        is locked and cannot be edited. ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1315-5960","user-message":"The
+        ORCID record is locked.","error-code":9018,"more-info":"https://members.orcid.org/api/resources/troubleshooting"}'
+    http_version: null
+  recorded_at: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:28:00 GMT
+recorded_with: VCR 5.1.0
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/vcr_cassettes/Person/find_by_id/found_with_error.yml b/spec/fixtures/vcr_cassettes/Person/find_by_id/found_with_error.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97c034536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/vcr_cassettes/Person/find_by_id/found_with_error.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+---
+http_interactions:
+- request:
+    method: get
+    uri: https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0003-1315-5960/person
+    body:
+      encoding: US-ASCII
+      string: ''
+    headers:
+      User-Agent:
+      - Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Maremma/4.7.2; mailto:info@datacite.org)
+      Accept:
+      - application/json;charset=UTF-8
+  response:
+    status:
+      code: 409
+      message: Conflict
+    headers:
+      Server:
+      - nginx/1.16.1
+      Cache-Control:
+      - no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/json;charset=UTF-8
+      Date:
+      - Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:24:46 GMT
+      Expires:
+      - '0'
+      Pragma:
+      - no-cache
+      X-Xss-Protection:
+      - 1; mode=block
+      Access-Control-Allow-Origin:
+      - "*"
+      X-Content-Type-Options:
+      - nosniff
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      Set-Cookie:
+      - X-Mapping-fjhppofk=1F5FD8D0B8B1A8DD0F8680D854A2C10B; path=/
+      X-Frame-Options:
+      - DENY
+    body:
+      encoding: ASCII-8BIT
+      string: '{"response-code":409,"developer-message":"409 Conflict: The ORCID record
+        is locked and cannot be edited. ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1315-5960","user-message":"The
+        ORCID record is locked.","error-code":9018,"more-info":"https://members.orcid.org/api/resources/troubleshooting"}'
+    http_version: null
+  recorded_at: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:24:47 GMT
+recorded_with: VCR 5.1.0
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/vcr_cassettes/PersonType/find_person_account_locked/returns_error.yml b/spec/fixtures/vcr_cassettes/PersonType/find_person_account_locked/returns_error.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..612db6778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/vcr_cassettes/PersonType/find_person_account_locked/returns_error.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+---
+http_interactions:
+- request:
+    method: get
+    uri: https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/0000-0003-1315-5960/person
+    body:
+      encoding: US-ASCII
+      string: ''
+    headers:
+      User-Agent:
+      - Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Maremma/4.7.2; mailto:info@datacite.org)
+      Accept:
+      - application/json;charset=UTF-8
+  response:
+    status:
+      code: 409
+      message: Conflict
+    headers:
+      Server:
+      - nginx/1.16.1
+      Cache-Control:
+      - no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/json;charset=UTF-8
+      Date:
+      - Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:30:40 GMT
+      Expires:
+      - '0'
+      Pragma:
+      - no-cache
+      X-Xss-Protection:
+      - 1; mode=block
+      Access-Control-Allow-Origin:
+      - "*"
+      X-Content-Type-Options:
+      - nosniff
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      Set-Cookie:
+      - X-Mapping-fjhppofk=EDEB8B375DA428655747278237992826; path=/
+      X-Frame-Options:
+      - DENY
+    body:
+      encoding: ASCII-8BIT
+      string: '{"response-code":409,"developer-message":"409 Conflict: The ORCID record
+        is locked and cannot be edited. ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1315-5960","user-message":"The
+        ORCID record is locked.","error-code":9018,"more-info":"https://members.orcid.org/api/resources/troubleshooting"}'
+    http_version: null
+  recorded_at: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:30:40 GMT
+recorded_with: VCR 5.1.0
diff --git a/spec/graphql/types/person_type_spec.rb b/spec/graphql/types/person_type_spec.rb
index f21721923..fea0f38be 100644
--- a/spec/graphql/types/person_type_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/graphql/types/person_type_spec.rb
@@ -177,6 +177,64 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe "find person account locked", elasticsearch: true, vcr: true do
+    let(:query) do
+      %(query {
+        person(id: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1315-5960") {
+          id
+          name
+          givenName
+          familyName
+          alternateName
+          description
+          links {
+            name
+            url
+          }
+          identifiers {
+            identifier
+            identifierType
+            identifierUrl
+          }
+          country {
+            id
+            name
+          }
+          citationCount
+          viewCount
+          downloadCount
+          works {
+            totalCount
+            published {
+              id
+              title
+              count
+            }
+            resourceTypes {
+              id
+              title
+              count
+            }
+            nodes {
+              id
+              titles {
+                title
+              }
+              citationCount
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      })
+    end
+
+    it "returns error" do
+      response = LupoSchema.execute(query).as_json
+      puts response
+      expect(response.dig("data")).to be_nil
+      expect(response.dig("errors")).to eq([{"locations"=>[{"column"=>9, "line"=>2}], "message"=>"409 Conflict: The ORCID record is locked and cannot be edited. ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1315-5960", "path"=>["person"]}])
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "query people", elasticsearch: true, vcr: true do
     let(:query) do
       %(query {
diff --git a/spec/models/person_spec.rb b/spec/models/person_spec.rb
index 71b28db4d..4f4908f87 100644
--- a/spec/models/person_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/person_spec.rb
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@
       expect(person.country).to be_nil
     end
 
+    it "account locked" do
+      id = "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1315-5960"
+      expect { Person.find_by_id(id) }.to raise_error(Faraday::ClientError, /ORCID record is locked/)
+    end
+
     it "not found" do
       id = "https://orcid.org/xxxxx"
       people = Person.find_by_id(id)