is a certificate of incumbency the same as a corporate resolution 
a corporate resolution according to cornell law school s legal information institute is a written legal document issued by the board of directors of a corporation documenting a binding decision made on behalf of the corporation thus an incumbency certificate is an example of a corporate resolution but not all corporate resolutions are incumbency certificates 3the bottom linean incumbency certificate is a valuable tool for identifying who is legally allowed to represent a company in a business transaction a form of corporate resolution it is considered an official act of the company because it is issued by the company s corporate secretary allowing those doing business with the company to rely on its accuracy it makes business transactions safe 