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A power of attorney(POA) is a document giving someone permission to do something for someone else. It gives another person the legal authority to act on your behalf. You may record your power of attorney at your local county Recorder's Office, but you don't have to.

You may revoke your durable power of attorney for health care at any time and in any manner. The general rule is that your revocation is effective when you simply express your intention to revoke your document. An exception to the general rule for revocation concerns your attending physician.

If you create a medical POA, you need to sign the form in the presence of two witnesses or a notary public, who must also acknowledge and sign. If you create a financial POA, you need the acknowledgement and signature of a notary.

In Ohio, the duration of a POA is generally determined by the terms specified in the POA document itself. This means the POA could be set to expire on a certain date, upon the occurrence of a specific event, or when the principal becomes incapacitated or passes away.

A power of attorney for the conveyance, mortgage, or lease of an interest in real property must be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which such property is situated, previous to the recording of a deed, mortgage, or lease by virtue of such power of attorney.

Other important tasks a power of attorney in Ohio can authorize someone to carry out are banking transactions, real estate decisions, dealing with government or retirement benefits, and healthcare billing.