[From: Free Document Downloads at TheSmallBusinessOwnersManual.com] This document should be used by the Board of Directors when authorizing litigation. The following text of this document should be reviewed and edited to fit your purposes. [Find, then fill-in, or delete text in brackets like this: “[NNN]” If there are dates in this document, they will automatically change to today’s date.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS' RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING LITIGATION
WHEREAS, the [N] has owed this Corporation [N] Dollars ($[N]) for [N] delivered to the aforementioned on [DATE], and has resisted every attempt of this Corporation's officers to collect such debt, it is hereby: RESOLVED, that the law firm of [LAW FIRM] is hereby authorized to initiate suit in the name of and in behalf of this Corporation to satisfy its claim against [N] or to enter a settlement of the claim at such amount and upon such terms as the President of this Corporation agrees is appropriate. The undersigned, [N], certifies that I am the duly appointed Secretary of [COMPANY NAME] Corporation and that the above is a true and correct copy of a resolution duly adopted at a meeting of the Directors thereof, convened and held in accordance with law and the Bylaws of said Corporation on [DATE], and that such resolution is now in full force and effect. IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have affixed my name as Secretary of [COMPANY NAME] Corporation.
Dated: [DATE]
____________________ Secretary