Fillable Printable General Power of Attorney Format
Fillable Printable General Power of Attorney Format
General Power of Attorney Format
GENERAL POWER OF ATTORNEY
This is a military power of attorney prepared pursuant to title 10,
United States Code, section 1044b and executed by a person authorized to
receive legal assistance from the military services. Federal law
exempts this power of attorney from any requirement of form, substance,
formality or recording that is prescribed for powers of attorney under
the laws of a state, the District of Columbia, or a territory,
commonwealth, or possession of the United States. Federal law specifies
that this power of attorney shall be given the same legal effect as a
power of attorney prepared and executed in accordance the with the laws
of the jurisdiction where it is presented.
Know all persons by these presents:
I, ____________________________________, do hereby
appoint__________________________, whose address is
___________________________________________, my true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to manage and conduct all my affairs and act in all
matters in my name and in my behalf. Such acts shall include, but are
not limited to the following:
1. To lease, sell, use, establish title to, register, insure,
transfer, mortgage, maintain, manage, pledge, exchange, or otherwise
dispose of or encumber any and all of my property, real, personal, or
mixed, including motor vehicles of any kind, and to execute and deliver
good and sufficient deeds or other instruments for the lease,
conveyance, mortgage, maintenance, or transfer of the same.
2. To buy, receive, lease, accept or otherwise acquire in my name
and for my account, property, real, personal, or mixed upon such terms,
considerations and conditions as my said attorney-in-fact shall deem
appropriate.
3. To transact all business of mine on my behalf including
entering into contracts and the making of such investments as my
attorney shall deem sound.
4. To institute and prosecute, or to appear and defend, any claims
or litigation involving me or my interests. This shall include, but not
be limited to, the authority to present a claim against the United
States for damage or loss to personal property.
5. To prepare, execute, and file all tax returns and to receive
and negotiate all tax refund checks for tax year(s)_________________ on
tax form(s)______________.
6. To execute all documents needed for travel of my family members
and transportation or storage of my property, as authorized by law and
Military regulations; to sign for and clear government or other quarters
in the best interests of my family members and in accordance with law
and Military regulations.
7. To demand, act to recover, and receive, all sums of money which
are now or will become owing or belonging to me, and to institute
accounts on my behalf and to deposit, draw upon or expend such funds
of mine as are necessary in furtherance of the powers granted herein.
This shall include, but not be limited to, the authority to receive,
endorse, cash, or deposit negotiable instruments made payable to me and
drawn upon the Treasurer, or other fiscal officer or depository, of
the United States.
8. To make gifts of my property to any individual or charitable
organization other than my attorney-in-fact.
9. To change, establish, start or stop, increase or decrease any
allotment from my military pay for the payment of rent to Atlantic
Marine Corps Communities or any other property management firm or
landlord and to take any and all actions that may be necessary,
convenient, or proper for such purpose.
10. I further specifically authorize my attorney-in-fact to sign any
residential lease on my behalf and to make, endorse, accept, receive,
sign, seal, execute, acknowledge, and deliver agreements, certificates,
receipts and such other instruments in writing as may be necessary,
convenient, or proper with regard to acceptance of military family rental
property, including, but not limited to rental housing pursuant to any
joint public/private venture between the United States, the Department of
Defense, the Marine Corps, or any subunit thereof and any private,
commercial property management firm or landlord.
The above-described powers are merely examples of the authority
granted by this document and not in limitation or definition thereof.
However, my Agent shall have no rights or powers hereunder with respect
to the following:
a. Life Insurance: Unless my Attorney is my spouse, parent, or
child, he or she shall have no rights or powers hereunder to cancel or
change the beneficiary of any policy of life insurance owned by me.
b. Fiduciary Powers: My attorney-in-fact shall have no rights or
powers hereunder with respect to any act, power, duty, right, or
obligation, relating to any person, matter, transaction or property,
owned by me or in my custody as a trustee, custodian, personal
representative or other fiduciary capacity for someone else.
I HEREBY GIVE AND GRANT UNTO MY ATTORNEY FULL POWER AND AUTHORITY TO DO
AND PERFORM EACH AND EVERY ACT AND MATTER CONCERNING MY ESTATE,
PROPERTY, AND AFFAIRS AS FULLY AND EFFECTUALLY TO ALL INTENTS AND
PURPOSES AS I COULD DO LEGALLY IF I WERE PRESENT.
I HEREBY AUTHORIZE MY ATTORNEY-IN-FACT TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS
ANY THIRD PARTY WHO ACCEPTS AND ACTS UNDER OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
POWER OF ATTORNEY.
I intend for this to be a DURABLE Power of Attorney. This Power of
Attorney will continue to be effective if I become disabled,
incapacitated, or incompetent.
Notwithstanding my inclusion of a specific expiration date herein,
if on the below specified expiration date, or if at any time immediately
preceding that specified expiration date, I should be, or have been,
carried in a military status of "missing," "missing in action," or
"prisoner of war," then this Power of Attorney shall automatically
continue to remain valid and in full effect until 90 days after I have
returned to the United States military control following termination of
such status UNLESS OTHERWISE REVOKED OR TERMINATED BY ME.
I direct my attorney-in-fact to seek legal counsel in order to
determine the existence of legal requirements, such as required filing
or placement of notices, which may affect the validity of this document.
I HEREBY RATIFY ALL THAT MY ATTORNEY SHALL LAWFULLY DO OR CAUSE TO
BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS DOCUMENT.
This Power of Attorney shall become effective when I sign and
execute it below. Further, unless sooner revoked or terminated by me,
this Power of Attorney shall become NULL and VOID on the ______ day of
______________,_______.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I sign, seal, declare, publish, make and
constitute this as and for my Power of Attorney in the presence of the
Notary Public witnessing it at my request this ______ day of
_______________, _______.
_________________________________(Seal)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Before me personally appeared ____________________________________, who,
having produced a Uniformed Services Identification Card, is known to me
to be the identical person who is described herein, and who signed and
executed the foregoing instrument on this day, _____ day of
________________,________, as a true, free, and voluntary act and deed,
for uses, purposes, and considerations therein set forth. And I do
further certify that I am a Commissioned Officer of the Armed Forces of
the United States serving in the rank indicated below, that by Federal
law I am authorized to exercise the powers of a notary without
requirement of a seal, and that this document is executed by me in
accordance with those powers and in that capacity.
__________________________________ Authority: 10 U.S.C. 1044a
Signature of Officer JAG Manual
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NC Gen Stat 47-2 to 47-2.1
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Rank, Branch of Service NO SEAL REQUIRED
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Command
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Printed Name of Officer
