diff --git a/e2e/helper/addInitInvalidFileInputObject.js b/e2e/helper/addInitInvalidFileInputObject.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2da20e44e7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/helper/addInitInvalidFileInputObject.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+class DomainObjectViewProvider {
+  constructor(openmct) {
+    this.key = 'doViewProvider';
+    this.name = 'Domain Object View Provider';
+    this.openmct = openmct;
+  }
+
+  canView(domainObject) {
+    return domainObject.type === 'imageFileInput' || domainObject.type === 'jsonFileInput';
+  }
+
+  view(domainObject, objectPath) {
+    let content;
+
+    return {
+      show: function (element) {
+        const body = domainObject.selectFile.body;
+        const type = typeof body;
+
+        content = document.createElement('div');
+        content.id = 'file-input-type';
+        content.textContent = JSON.stringify(type);
+        element.appendChild(content);
+      },
+      destroy: function (element) {
+        element.removeChild(content);
+        content = undefined;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
+  const openmct = window.openmct;
+
+  openmct.types.addType('jsonFileInput', {
+    key: 'jsonFileInput',
+    name: 'JSON File Input Object',
+    creatable: true,
+    form: [
+      {
+        name: 'Upload File',
+        key: 'selectFile',
+        control: 'file-input',
+        required: true,
+        text: 'Select File...',
+        type: 'application/json',
+        validate: function (data, fail) {
+          return fail('Test error json');
+        },
+        property: ['selectFile']
+      }
+    ]
+  });
+
+  openmct.objectViews.addProvider(new DomainObjectViewProvider(openmct));
+});
diff --git a/e2e/tests/functional/forms.e2e.spec.js b/e2e/tests/functional/forms.e2e.spec.js
index bda12a48944..fcbd6cc75a8 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/functional/forms.e2e.spec.js
+++ b/e2e/tests/functional/forms.e2e.spec.js
@@ -104,6 +104,33 @@ test.describe('Form File Input Behavior', () => {
   });
 });
 
+test.describe('Form File Invalid Input Behavior', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.addInitScript({
+      path: fileURLToPath(new URL('../../helper/addInitInvalidFileInputObject.js', import.meta.url))
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('An invalid file will display an error', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('./', { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
+
+    await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Create' }).click();
+    await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'JSON File Input Object' }).click();
+
+    await page.setInputFiles('#fileElem', jsonFilePath);
+
+    await expect(page.getByLabel('Save')).toBeDisabled();
+
+    await expect(
+      page
+        .locator('.form-error', {
+          hasText: 'Test error json'
+        })
+        .first()
+    ).toBeVisible();
+  });
+});
+
 test.describe('Persistence operations @addInit', () => {
   // add non persistable root item
   test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
diff --git a/src/api/forms/components/FormRow.vue b/src/api/forms/components/FormRow.vue
index ce1c88e403d..a1ccb510c78 100644
--- a/src/api/forms/components/FormRow.vue
+++ b/src/api/forms/components/FormRow.vue
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
       {{ row.name }}
     </label>
     <div class="c-form-row__state-indicator" :class="reqClass"></div>
-    <div v-if="row.control" ref="rowElement" class="c-form-row__controls"></div>
+    <div class="c-form-row__controls">
+      <div v-if="row.control" ref="rowElement"></div>
+      <div v-if="errorMessage" class="form-error">{{ errorMessage }}</div>
+    </div>
   </div>
 </template>
 
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ export default {
   emits: ['on-change'],
   data() {
     return {
+      errorMessage: null,
       formControl: this.openmct.forms.getFormControl(this.row.control),
       valid: undefined,
       visited: false
@@ -105,6 +109,7 @@ export default {
       this.$emit('on-change', data);
     },
     validateRow(data) {
+      this.errorMessage = null;
       let valid = true;
       if (this.row.required) {
         valid = data.value !== undefined && data.value !== null && data.value !== '';
@@ -122,7 +127,10 @@ export default {
 
       const validate = data.model.validate;
       if (valid && validate) {
-        valid = validate(data);
+        valid = validate(data, (errorMessage = null) => {
+          this.errorMessage = errorMessage;
+          return false;
+        });
       }
 
       return Boolean(valid);
diff --git a/src/plugins/importFromJSONAction/ImportFromJSONAction.js b/src/plugins/importFromJSONAction/ImportFromJSONAction.js
index 77fa1dfda91..5beec80b4d0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/importFromJSONAction/ImportFromJSONAction.js
+++ b/src/plugins/importFromJSONAction/ImportFromJSONAction.js
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ class ImportFromJSONAction {
    * @param {Object} data
    * @returns {boolean}
    */
-  _validateJSON(data) {
+  _validateJSON(data, fail) {
     const value = data.value;
     const objectTree = value && value.body;
     let json;
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ class ImportFromJSONAction {
     }
 
     if (!success) {
-      this.openmct.notifications.error(
+      fail(
         'Invalid File: The selected file was either invalid JSON or was not formatted properly for import into Open MCT.'
       );
     }