NBE Funeral Service Director

Answer: C - Expressed authority is given to an agent to act on your behalf, as expressed in a written contract.

An employment agreement between you an individual working on your behalf that sets forth certain duties and responsibilities is considered to have granted expressed authority to the individual. Certain duties that are not necessary to set forth in a contract (such as collecting payments) are considered apparent to the duties of the agent. Implied authority is that which the public believes an agent has, such as collecting payments while assumed authority is based on actions of the agent that may or may not be legal but bind the principal as a result.