(805 ILCS 180/5-45)
Sec. 5-45. Forms, execution, acknowledgement and filing.
(a) All reports required by this Act to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the Secretary of State. Forms for all other documents to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State shall be furnished by the Secretary of State upon request therefor, but the use thereof, unless otherwise specifically prescribed in this Act, shall not be mandatory.
(b) Whenever any provision of this Act specifically requires any document to be executed by the limited liability company in accordance with this Section, unless otherwise specifically stated in this Act and subject to any additional provisions of this Act, the document shall be executed, in ink, as follows:
(1) The articles of organization shall be signed by
the organizer or organizers.
(2) All other documents shall be signed:
(A) by a manager and verified by him or her; or
(B) if there are no managers, then by the members
or those of them that may be designated by a majority vote of the members.
(c) The name of a person signing the document and the capacity in which the person signs shall be stated beneath or opposite the person's signature.
(d) The execution of any document required by this Act by a member or manager constitutes an affirmation under the penalties of perjury that the facts stated therein are true and that the person has authority to execute the document.
(e) When filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, an authorization, including a power of attorney, to sign a record must be in writing, then sworn to, verified, or acknowledged.
(Source: P.A. 90-424, eff. 1-1-98.)
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