Common use of Legal Status of CONTRACTOR Clause in Contracts

Legal Status of CONTRACTOR. A. Corporate status. i. CONTRACTOR, if a corporation and not a municipality or Indian Tribal organization, does hereby certify that CONTRACTOR is lawfully incorporated within the State of California and that by its articles of incorporation, corporate charter, or the Statutes of California, is empowered and authorized to conduct and provide the services specified in this CONTRACT. CONTRACTOR further agrees that if it is shown that the corporate status of CONTRACTOR is not valid at the time of the effective date of this CONTRACT or if CONTRACTOR loses its lawful corporate status for any reason during the time of this CONTRACT, then sufficient grounds exist for COUNTY to terminate this CONTRACT pursuant to Paragraph K of this CONTRACT or to suspend payments and operations under this CONTRACT until satisfactory status is restored. ii. CONTRACTOR shall notify COUNTY immediately of any change in its corporate status. B. Return of funds. CONTRACTOR agrees that upon expiration or notice of termination of this CONTRACT or dissolution of CONTRACTOR’s entity, CONTRACTOR shall, immediately upon written demand, return to COUNTY all funds paid to CONTRACTOR by COUNTY which are not payable for goods or services delivered prior to the termination or expiration of this CONTRACT or the dissolution of CONTRACTOR’s entity. C. Labor relations. CONTRACTOR, by signing this CONTRACT, does swear under penalty of perjury that no more than one (1) final unappealable finding of contempt of court by a federal court has been issued against CONTRACTOR within the immediately preceding two-year period because of CONTRACTOR’s failure to comply with an order of a federal court requiring CONTRACTOR to comply with an order of the National Labor Relations Board.