diff --git a/wherehows-frontend/app/controllers/Application.java b/wherehows-frontend/app/controllers/Application.java
index c56dd7160b..213c9e8521 100644
--- a/wherehows-frontend/app/controllers/Application.java
+++ b/wherehows-frontend/app/controllers/Application.java
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ public class Application extends Controller {
       Play.application().configuration().getString("links.wiki.metadataHealth", "");
   private static final String WHZ_WIKI_LINKS__PURGE_KEY =
       Play.application().configuration().getString("links.wiki.purgeKey", "");
+  private static final String WHZ_WIKI_LINKS__DATASET_DECOMMISSION =
+      Play.application().configuration().getString("links.wiki.datasetDecommission");
 
   private static final String WHZ_LINKS__JIT_ACL_CONTACT =
       Play.application().configuration().getString("links.jitAcl.contact", "");
@@ -272,6 +274,7 @@ public class Application extends Controller {
     wikiLinks.put("exportPolicy", WHZ_WIKI_LINKS__EXPORT_POLICY);
     wikiLinks.put("metadataHealth", WHZ_WIKI_LINKS__METADATA_HEALTH);
     wikiLinks.put("purgeKey", WHZ_WIKI_LINKS__PURGE_KEY);
+    wikiLinks.put("datasetDecommission", WHZ_WIKI_LINKS__DATASET_DECOMMISSION);
 
     return wikiLinks;
   }
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-deprecation.ts b/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-deprecation.ts
index e8cc85070e..2629d567ca 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-deprecation.ts
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/components/dataset-deprecation.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ export default class DatasetDeprecation extends Component {
    */
   deprecationNoteAlias: ComputedProperty<DatasetDeprecation['deprecationNote']> = oneWay('deprecationNote');
 
+  /**
+   * Before a user can update the deprecation status to deprecated, they must acknowledge that even if the
+   * dataset is deprecated they must still keep it compliant.
+   * @memberof DatasetDeprecation
+   * @type {boolean}
+   */
+  isDeprecationNoticeAcknowledged: boolean = false;
+
   /**
    * Checks the working / aliased copies of the deprecation properties diverge from the
    * saved versions i.e. deprecationNoteAlias and deprecationAlias
@@ -124,6 +132,15 @@ export default class DatasetDeprecation extends Component {
     set(this, 'decommissionTime', new Date(decommissionTime).getTime());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * When a user clicks the checkbox to acknowledge or cancel acknowledgement of the notice for
+   * deprecating a dataset
+   */
+  @action
+  onAcknowledgeDeprecationNotice(this: DatasetDeprecation) {
+    this.toggleProperty('isDeprecationNoticeAcknowledged');
+  }
+
   /**
    * Invokes the save action with the updated values for
    * deprecated decommissionTime, and deprecationNote
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/styles/base/_checkbox.scss b/wherehows-web/app/styles/base/_checkbox.scss
index 2d9fa5f2ec..eff0d012e5 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/styles/base/_checkbox.scss
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/styles/base/_checkbox.scss
@@ -58,3 +58,22 @@ input[type='checkbox'] {
     }
   }
 }
+
+input[type='checkbox'] + label.checkbox-input__wrapper {
+  $checkbox-width: 28px;
+  $container-margin: item-spacing(4);
+  display: flex;
+  padding: item-spacing(2) $container-margin item-spacing(2) ($container-margin + $checkbox-width);
+  box-sizing: content-box;
+  margin: 0 (-1 * $container-margin);
+
+  &:hover {
+    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
+  }
+
+  &:before,
+  &:after {
+    left: $container-margin;
+    top: item-spacing(2) - 1;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/search/_facet.scss b/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/search/_facet.scss
index 20edb511b1..540c740203 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/search/_facet.scss
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/search/_facet.scss
@@ -29,22 +29,3 @@
     color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
   }
 }
-
-input[type='checkbox'] + label.search-facet__checkbox-wrapper {
-  $checkbox-width: 28px;
-  $container-margin: item-spacing(4);
-  display: flex;
-  padding: item-spacing(2) $container-margin item-spacing(2) ($container-margin + $checkbox-width);
-  box-sizing: content-box;
-  margin: 0 (-1 * $container-margin);
-
-  &:hover {
-    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
-  }
-
-  &:before,
-  &:after {
-    left: $container-margin;
-    top: item-spacing(2) - 1;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/dataset-deprecation.hbs b/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/dataset-deprecation.hbs
index 5dc0583e49..11b6b6beec 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/dataset-deprecation.hbs
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/dataset-deprecation.hbs
@@ -82,13 +82,33 @@
       </strong>
     </p>
 
+    <span>
+      {{input
+        type="checkbox"
+        name="deprecated.acknowledge"
+        id="acknowledge-deprecation"
+        checked=(readonly isDeprecationAcknowledged)
+        change=(action "onAcknowledgeDeprecationNotice")}}
+
+      <label for="acknowledge-deprecation">
+        <p>By checking this box, you acknowledge that you must keep this dataset compliant even after it is deprecated.</p>
+        <p>
+          For more information on how to decommission your dataset, please follow this link:
+          <a href={{wikiLinks.datasetDecommission}} target="_blank">
+            Dataset Decommission
+          </a>
+        </p>
+      </label>
+    </span>
+
+
   {{/if}}
 
   <div class="dataset-deprecation-toggle__actions">
     <button
       type="submit"
       class="nacho-button--large nacho-button--secondary"
-      disabled={{and deprecatedAlias (not decommissionTime)}}>
+      disabled={{and deprecatedAlias (or (not decommissionTime) (not isDeprecationNoticeAcknowledged))}}>
       Update Deprecation Status
     </button>
   </div>
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/datasets/containers/dataset-properties.hbs b/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/datasets/containers/dataset-properties.hbs
index e4710eb1c7..58447edc24 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/datasets/containers/dataset-properties.hbs
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/datasets/containers/dataset-properties.hbs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   deprecated=deprecated
   deprecationNote=deprecationNote
   decommissionTime=decommissionTime
+  wikiLinks=wikiLinks
   onUpdateDeprecation=(action "updateDeprecation")
 }}
 
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/search/search-facet.hbs b/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/search/search-facet.hbs
index 7990f40c78..9cab3158e8 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/search/search-facet.hbs
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/templates/components/search/search-facet.hbs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
             checked=(readonly checked)
             change=(action onChange facet facetValue)
             }}
-          <label for="{{facetValue.value}}" class="search-facet__checkbox-wrapper">
+          <label for="{{facetValue.value}}" class="search-facet__checkbox-wrapper checkbox-input__wrapper">
             <span class="search-facet__label">{{facetValue.label}}</span>
             <span class="search-facet__count">{{readonly count}}</span>
           </label>
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/templates/datasets/dataset.hbs b/wherehows-web/app/templates/datasets/dataset.hbs
index e4d692b08b..1e194e3d20 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/templates/datasets/dataset.hbs
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/templates/datasets/dataset.hbs
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
         urn=encodedUrn
         deprecated=model.deprecated
         deprecationNote=model.deprecationNote
+        wikiLinks=wikiLinks
       }}
     {{/tabs.tabpanel}}