Exhibit 26(a)(i)

I, William J. Kelly as the undersigned, Assistant Secretary of PRUCO LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY, do hereby certify that the following is a true copy of a

resolution duly adopted by Written Unanimous consent of the Executive Committee

of the Board of Directors of said Company on the 13th day of January, 1984 and

that the said resolution is in full force and effect at this date:

R-263 ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE ACCOUNT

RESOLVED, that the Company hereby establishes, pursuant to Section

20-651 of the Arizona Insurance Code, a variable contract account to be

designated initially as the "Pruco Life Variable Appreciable Account"

(hereinafter in these resolutions referred to as the ("Account"); and

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Company shall receive and hold in the

Account amounts arising from (i) purchase payments received made pursuant

to certain Variable Appreciable Life Insurance Contracts ("Variable

Contracts") of the Company sold as part of its Variable Appreciable Life

Insurance Program ("Program") and (ii) such assets of the Company as the

proper officers of the Company may deem prudent and appropriate to have

invested in the same manner as the assets applicable to its reserve

liability under Variable Contracts and lodged in the Account, and such

amounts and the dividends, interest and gains produced thereby shall be

invested and reinvested, subject to the rights of the holders of such

Variable Contracts, in shares of the Pruco Life Series Fund, Inc., an

open-end diversified management investment company of the series type, at

the net asset value of such shares at the time of acquisition; and

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Account shall be registered as a unit

investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and that the

proper officers of the Company be and they hereby are authorized to sign

and file, or cause to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission

a registration statement, on behalf of the Account, as registrant, under

the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Investment Company Act Registration"),

and to sign and file, or cause to be filed, an application, including any

amendments thereto, for an order under Section 6(c) of the Investment

Company Act of 1940 for such exemptions from the provisions of that Act as

may be necessary or desirable ("Investment Company Act Application"); and

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Company shall as part of its Program sell

Variable Contracts on a variable basis and that the proper officers of the

Company be and they hereby are authorized to sign and file, or cause to be

filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, on behalf of the

Company, as issuer, a registration statement, including the financial

statements and schedules, exhibits and form of prospectus required as a

part thereof, for the registration of the offering and sale of such

Variable Contracts, to the extent

 

they represent participating interests in the Account, under the Securities

Act of 1933 ("Securities Act Registration") and to pay the registration

fees required in connection therewith; and

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the proper officers of the Company are

authorized and directed to sign and file, or cause to be filed, such

amendment or amendments of such Investment Company Act Registration,

Investment Company Act Application and Securities Act Registration as they

may find necessary or advisable from time to time; and

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the signature of any director or officer

required by law to affix his signature to such Investment Company Act

Registration, Investment Company Act Application and Securities Act

Registration, or to any amendment thereof, may be affixed by said director

or officer personally, or by an attorney-in-fact duly constituted in

writing by said director or officer to sign his name thereto; and

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of

the Company is appointed agent of the Company to receive any and all

notices and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission

relating to such Investment Company Act Registration, Investment Company

Act Application and Securities Act Registration and any and all amendments

thereof; and

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the proper officers of the Company be and they

hereby are authorized to take whatever steps may be necessary or desirable

to comply with such of the laws and regulations of the several states as

may be applicable to the Company's Program; and

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the proper officers of the Company be and they

hereby are authorized, in the name and on behalf of the Company, to execute

and deliver such corporate documents and certificates and to take such

further action as may be necessary or desirable, including, but not limited

to, the payment of applicable fees, in order to effectuate the purposes of

the foregoing resolutions or any of them.

February 6, 1984

/s/ WILLIAM KELLY

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Assistant Secretary

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