diff --git a/app/models/requests/scan.rb b/app/models/requests/scan.rb
index dbf918a95..b312eeaf3 100644
--- a/app/models/requests/scan.rb
+++ b/app/models/requests/scan.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 class Scan < Request
   validate :scannable_validator
   validates :section_title, presence: true
+  validates :page_range, length: { maximum: 30 }
 
   def requestable_with_sunet_only?
     true
diff --git a/app/views/scans/_form_additional.html.erb b/app/views/scans/_form_additional.html.erb
index bf8299922..054671cc1 100644
--- a/app/views/scans/_form_additional.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/scans/_form_additional.html.erb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <%= f.label :page_range, class: "#{label_column_class} control-label" %>
   <div class='<%= content_column_class %>'>
     <%= f.text_field_without_bootstrap :page_range, class: 'form-control', aria: { describedby: 'page_range_help_block' } %>
-    <span class="help-block" id="page_range_help_block">Examples: '1-15, 25-30' or '249-275, index'</span>
+    <span class="help-block" id="page_range_help_block">Examples: '1-15, 25-30' or '249-275, index'; Up to 30 characters.</span>
   </div>
 </div>
 <%= f.text_area :section_title, rows: '3', required: true %>
diff --git a/spec/models/requests/scan_spec.rb b/spec/models/requests/scan_spec.rb
index 5748e6ed2..2d13f2d8d 100644
--- a/spec/models/requests/scan_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/requests/scan_spec.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
   it 'validates based on if the item is scannable or not' do
     expect do
-      described_class.create!(item_id: '1234',
+      described_class.create!(item_id: '123',
                               origin: 'GREEN',
                               origin_location: 'STACKS',
                               section_title: 'Some chapter title')
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@
     )
   end
 
+  it 'validates that the page range length is 30 charachters or less' do
+    expect do
+      described_class.create!(
+        item_id: '1234',
+        origin: 'SAL3',
+        origin_location: 'STACKS',
+        section_title: 'Some chapter title',
+        page_range: 'pages 1-30 and then some long comment describing something more specific about the specified range.'
+      )
+    end.to raise_error(
+      ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid,
+      'Validation failed: This item is not scannable, Page range is too long (maximum is 30 characters)'
+    )
+  end
+
   it 'allows temporary access materials to be requested for scan' do
     stub_searchworks_api_json(build(:temporary_access_holdings))
 
@@ -39,7 +54,8 @@
         item_id: '123456',
         origin: 'SAL',
         origin_location: 'SAL-TEMP',
-        section_title: 'Chapter 1'
+        section_title: 'Chapter 1',
+        page_range: 'pages 1-30'
       )
     end.not_to raise_error
   end