This form is a simple model for a bill of sale for personal property used in connection with a business enterprise. Adapt to fit your circumstances.
This form is a simple model for a bill of sale for personal property used in connection with a business enterprise. Adapt to fit your circumstances.
A power of attorney must be certified before it can be registered with the county recorder if it grants the agent the authority to undertake property transactions on your behalf. It is also important to note that a power of attorney cannot have the agent or anyone within your healthcare parameters named as a witness.
Potential drawbacks include the risk of abuse or mismanagement by the appointed agent, legal ambiguities that may limit the agent's authority, and challenges related to DPOA recognition by financial institutions or healthcare providers.
If you own different kinds of assets—real estate and artwork for example—it might make sense to name separate agents who can specifically handle each of these assets. However, if you go this route, the financial power of attorney document needs to be carefully crafted to limit each agent's scope.
What a power of attorney can't do Change a principal's will. Break their fiduciary duty to act in the principal's best interests. Make decisions on behalf of the principal after their death. (POA ends with the death of the principal. Change or transfer POA to someone else.
If an agent is to be given the power to manage real property, including the power to sell the property to a third party, the power of attorney should contain specific authority including the words “to grant and/or convey” the property. Powers of attorney concerning real property must be acknowledged (notarized).
A power of attorney gives one or more persons the power to act on your behalf as your agent. The power may be limited to a particular activity, such as closing the sale of your home, or be general in its application. The power may give temporary or permanent authority to act on your behalf.
You can only sell your mother's house if the POA was specific as to the house giving you that specific power.
If an agent is to be given the power to manage real property, including the power to sell the property to a third party, the power of attorney should contain specific authority including the words “to grant and/or convey” the property. Powers of attorney concerning real property must be acknowledged (notarized).