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In Montana, a Health Care Power of Attorney is effective upon your signature, without having your signature notarized or witnessed. However, notarization provides proof your signature is genuine should any questions arise from family members and/or health care professionals.

This power of attorney authorizes another person (your agent) to make decisions concerning your property for you (the principal). Your agent will be able to make decisions and act with respect to your property (including your money) whether or not you are able to act for yourself.

A Montana medical power of attorney is a document that allows a principal to appoint an ?agent? or ?attorney-in-fact? to handle health care decisions on their behalf. The principal may also select ?successor agents? in the event the agent is not able to perform their duties (agents may not act together).

Yes, Montana Powers of Attorney require a notary public to oversee the signing of the document by the Principal and Agent. Additionally, 2 witnesses must also be present when a Real Estate Power of Attorney is signed in order to legally validate the agreement.

No, in Montana, you do not need to notarize your will to make it legal. However, Montana allows you to make your will "self-proving" and you'll need to go to a notary if you want to do that. A self-proving will speeds up probate because the court can accept the will without contacting the witnesses who signed it.

Montana recognizes holographic (handwritten) wills so long as the signature and material portions of the document are in the testator's handwriting. In Montana, holographic wills do not have be witnessed in order to be valid.