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Power of Attorney

A Power of Attorney is an instrument which authorizes one person to act as another’s agent or attorney-in-fact. The attorney-in-fact need not actually be a licensed attorney. The Power of Attorney may be for a performance of a specific, definite act or duty, or it may be general in nature. It may be for a specific time period or for an indefinite time period. It may be revocable. If not revoked, it usually expires when the person granting the Power of Attorney dies. A Power of Attorney may grant the attorney-in-fact authority to convey or mortgage real estate. If this is so in your state, the Power of Attorney must be written, signed and otherwise executed like a deed. It should be recorded to put others on notice as to the powers of the attorney-in-fact.

Black’s Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition.

Alabama:	Alabama Code §35-4-294.
Alaska:	Alaska Code §09.25.020; 34.15.260.
Arizona:	Arizona Code §44-101; 11-461; 33-412.
Arkansas:	Arkansas Code §18-12-501.
California:	California CC §2933.
Colorado:	Colorado Code §38-30-123, 124.
Connecticut:	Connecticut Code §47-5.
Delaware:	Delaware Code §25-171.
Florida:	Florida Code §709.01 onward.
Georgia:	Georgia Code §10-6-1 onward.
Hawaii:	Hawaii Chapter 508D.
Idaho:	Idaho Code §55-806.
Illinois:	Illinois Code §740-80/1, 2; 765-5/28 through 30.
Indiana:	Indiana Code §30-5-3-3.
Iowa:	Iowa Code §622.32-35.
Kansas:	Kansas Code §58-601, 602.
Kentucky:	Kentucky Code §383.370.
Louisiana:	Louisiana CC §2985, 2994, 2997.
Maine:	Maine T.33, §51-53, 201-203, 751; T.11, §9-401.
Maryland:	Maryland Real Prop. Art. §4-107.
Massachusetts:	Massachusetts C. 183m §29, 32.
Michigan:	Michigan CLA §565.36-.37.
Minnesota:	Minnesota Code §508.72; 508A.72; 573.23-.24.
Mississippi:	Mississippi Code §15-3-1; 87-3-1 onward.
Missouri:	Missouri Code §442.360.
Montana:	Montana Code §28-2-903; 28-10-101 onward; 70-20-108; 71-1-102.
Nebraska:	Nebraska Code §49-1501 onward.
Nevada:	Nevada Code §111.330.
New Hampshire:	New Hampshire C. 477, §9.
New Jersey:	New Jersey Code §46-13-1, 44.
New Mexico:	New Mexico Code §47-1-7, 8.
New York:	New York R.P.L. §294; G.O.L. §5-703.
North Carolina:	North Carolina Code §32A-1 onward; 47-43.
North Dakota:	North Dakota Code §3-01-05; 47-19-50.
Ohio:	Ohio Code §1337.01-.09.
Oklahoma:	Oklahoma Code §16-20, 21.
Oregon:	Oregon Code §93.010 onward.
Pennsylvania:	Pennsylvania Code §21-301 onward.
Rhode Island:	Rhode Island Code §34-11-34.
South Carolina:	South Carolina Common Law.
South Dakota:	South Dakota Code §43-25-1; 44-8-2; 59-7-1 onward.
Tennessee:	Tennessee Code §66-24-101; 66-5-104.
Texas:	Texas Prop. Code §5.021.
Utah:	Utah Code §57-4a-4.
Vermont:	Vermont Code §27-305.
Virginia:	Virginia Code §55-43.
Washington:	Washington Code §65.08.060-.070, .130.
West Virginia:	West Virginia Code §39-1-2; 36-1-3.
Wisconsin:	Wisconsin Code §706.01 onward.
Wyoming:	Wyoming Code §34-1-104.

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