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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. Please see specific state for details and/or differences.

ALABAMA | ALASKA | ARIZONA | ARKANSAS | CALIFORNIA | COLORADO | CONNECTICUT | DELAWARE | FLORIDA 
 GEORGIA | HAWAII | IDAHO | ILLINOIS | INDIANA | IOWA | KANSAS | KENTUCKY | LOUISIANA | MAINE | MARYLAND 
 MASSACHUSETTS | MICHIGAN | MINNESOTA | MISSISSIPPI | MISSOURI | MONTANA | NEBRASKA | NEVADA 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE | NEW JERSEY | NEW MEXICO | NEW YORK | NORTH CAROLINA | NORTH DAKOTA | OHIO 
 OKLAHOMA | OREGON | PENNSYLVANIA | RHODE ISLAND | SOUTH CAROLINA | SOUTH DAKOTA | TENNESSEE 
 TEXAS | UTAH | VERMONT | VIRGINIA | WASHINGTON | WEST VIRGINIA | WISCONSIN | WYOMING

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.