Fillable Printable Power of Attorney Statutory Short Form Sample - New York

Power of Attorney Statutory Short Form Sample - New York

Power of Attorney, NY Statutory Short Form

Effective 9/12/2010

POWER OF ATTORNEY

NEW YORK STATUTORY SHORT FORM

(a) CAUTION TO THE PRINCIPAL:

Your Power of Attorney is an important document. As the “principal,” you give the person whom you choose

(your “agent”) authority to spend your money and sell or dispose of your property during your lifetime without

telling you. You do not lose your authority to act even though you have given your agent similar authority.

When your agent exercises this authority, he or she must act according to any instructions you have provided or,

where there are no specific instructions, in your best interest. “Important Information for the Agent” at the end

of this document describes your agent’s responsibilities.

Your agent can act on your behalf only after signing the Power of Attorney before a notary public.

You can request information from your agent at any time. If you are revoking a prior Power of Attorney, you

should provide written notice of the revocation to your prior agent(s) and to any third parties who may have

acted upon it, including the financial institutions where your accounts are located.

You can revoke or terminate your Power of Attorney at any time for any reason as long as you are of sound

mind. If you are no longer of sound mind, a court can remove an agent for acting improperly.

Your agent cannot make health care decisions for you. You m ay execute a “Health Care Proxy” to do this.

The law governing Powers of Attorney is contained in the New York General Obligations Law, Article 5, Title

15. This law is available at a law library, or online through the New York State Senate or Assembly websites,

www.senate.state.ny.us or www.assembly.state.ny.us.

If there is anything about this document that you do not understand, you should ask a lawyer of your own

choosing to explain it to you.

Power of Attorney, NY Statutory Short Form

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(b) DESIGNATION OF AGENT(S):

(name and address of principal)

hereby appoint:

(name(s) and address(s) of agent(s))

as my agent(s).

If you designate more than one agent above, they must act together unless you initial the statement below.

( ) My agents may act SEPARATELY.

If any agent designated above is unable or unwilling to serve, I appoint as my successo r agent(s):

(name(s) and address(es) of successor agent(s))

Successor agents designated above must act together unless you initial the statement below.

( ) My successor agents may act SEPARATELY.

You may provide for specific succession rules in this section. Insert specific succession provisions here:

(d) This POWER OF ATTORNEY shall not be affected by my subsequent incapacity unless I have stated

otherwise below, under “Modifications”.

(e) This POWER OF ATTORNEY does not revoke any Powers of Attorney previously executed by me unless I

have stated otherwise below, under “Modifications.”

If you do NOT intend to revoke your prior Powers of Attorney, and if you have granted the same authority in

this Power of Attorney, as you granted to another agent in a prior Power of Attorney, each agent can act

separately unless you indicate under “Modifications” that the agents with the same authority are to act together.

Power of Attorney, NY Statutory Short Form

Effective 9/12/2010

(f) GRANT OF AUTHORITY:

To grant your agent some or all of the authority below, either (1) Initial the bracket at each authority you grant,

or (2) Write or type the letters for each authority you grant on the blank line at (P), and initial the bracket at (P).

If you initial (P), you do not need to initial the other lines.

I grant authority to my agent(s) with respect to the following subjects as defined in Sections 5-1502A through 5-

1502N of the New York General Obligations Law:

( ) (A) real estate transactions;

( ) (B) chattel and goods transactions;

( ) (C) bond, share, and commodity transactions;

( ) (D) banking transactions;

( ) (E) business operating transactions;

( ) (F) insurance transactions;

( ) (G) estate transactions;

( ) (H) claims and litigation;

( ) (I) personal and family maintenance. If you grant your agent this authority, it will allow

the agent to make gifts that you customarily have made to individuals, including the agent,

and charitable organizations. The total amount of all such gifts in any one calendar year

cannot exceed five hundred dollars;

( ) (J) benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service;

( ) (K) health care billing and payment matters; records, reports, and statements;

( ) (L) retirement benefit transactions;

( ) (M) tax matters;

( ) (N) all other matters;

( ) (O) full and unqualified authority to my agent(s) to delegate any or all of the foregoing powers

to any person or persons whom my agent(s) select;

( ) (P) EACH of the matters identified by the following letters .

You need not initial the other lines if you initial line (P).

(g) MODIFICATIONS: (OPTIONAL)

In this section, you may make additional provisions, including language to limit or supplement authority

granted to your agent. However, you cannot use this Modifications section to grant your agent authority to make

gifts or changes to interests in your property. If you wish to grant your agent such authority, you MUST

complete the Statutory Gifts Rider.

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(h) CERTAIN GIFT TRANSACTIONS: STATUTORY GIFTS RIDER (OPTIONAL)

In order to authorize your agent to make gifts in excess of an annual total of $500 for all gifts described in (I) of

the grant of authority section of this document (under personal and family maintenance), you must initial the

statement below and execute a Statutory Gifts Rider at the same time as this instrument. Initialing the stat ement

below by itself does not authorize your agent to make gifts. The preparation of the Statutory Gifts Rider should

be supervised by a lawyer.

( ) (SGR) I grant my agent authority to make gifts in accordance with the terms and conditions of

the Statutory Gifts Rider that supplements this statutory Power of Attorney.

(i) DESIGNATION OF MONITOR(S): (OPTIONAL)

If you wish to appoint monitor(s), initial and fill in th e section below:

( ) I wish to designate ,

whose address(es) is (are )

as monitor(s). Upon the request of the monitor(s), my agent(s) must provide the monitor(s) with a copy of the

power of attorney and a record of all transactions done or made on my behalf. Third parties holding records of

such transactions shall provide the records to the monitor(s) upon request.

(j) COMPENSATION OF AGENT(S): (OPTIONAL)

Your agent is entitled to be reimbursed from your assets for reasonable expenses incurred on your behalf. If you

ALSO wish your agent(s) to be compensated from your assets for services rendered on your behalf, initial the

statement below. If you wish to define “reasonable compensation”, you may do so above, under

“Modifications”.

( ) My agent(s) shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for services rendered.

(k) ACCEPTANCE BY THIRD PARTIES:

I agree to indemnify the third party for any claims that may arise against the third party because of reliance on

this Power of Attorney. I understand that any termination of this Power of Attorney, whether the result of my

revocation of the Power of Attorney or otherwise, is not effective as to a third party until the third party has

actual notice or knowledge of the termination.

(l) TERMINATION:

This Power of Attorney continues until I revoke it or it is terminated by my death or other event described in

Section 5-1511 of the General Obligations Law. Section 5-1511 of the General Obligations Law describes the

manner in which you may revoke your Power of Attorney, and the events which terminate the Power of

Attorney.

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(m) SIGNATURE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT:

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto signed my name on ,20 .

PRINCIPAL signs here: ==>

STATE OF NEW YORK )

) ss.:

COUNTY OF )

On the day of in the year before me, the undersigned, personally

appeared , personally known to me or proved to me on

the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within

instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that

by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the

individual(s) acted, executed the instrument.

Notary Public

(n) IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE AGENT:

When you accept the authority granted under this Power of Attorney, a special legal relationship is created

between you and the principal. This relationship imposes on you legal responsibilities that continue until you

resign or the Power of Attorney is terminated or revoked. You must:

(1) act according to any instructions from the principal, or, where there are no instructions, in the principal’s

best interest;

(2) avoid conflicts that would impair your ability to act in the principal’s bes t interest;

(3) keep the principal’s property separate and distinct from any assets you own or control, unless otherwise

permitted by law;

(4) keep a record of all receipts, payments, and transactions conducted for the principal; and

(5) disclose your identity as an agent whenever you act for the principal by writing or printing the

principal’s name and signing your own name as “agent” in either of the following manners: (Principal’s

Name) by (Your Signature) as Agent, OR (Your Signature) as Agent for (Principal’s Name).

You may not use the principal’s assets to benefit yourself or anyone else or make gifts to yourself or anyone

else unless the principal has specifically granted you that authority in this document, which is either a Statutory

Gifts Rider attached to a Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney or a non-statutory power of attorney. If you

have that authority, you must act according to any instructions of the principal or, where there are no such

instructions, in the principal’s best interest. You may resign by giving written notice to the principal and to any

co-agent, successor agent, monitor if one has been named in this document, or the principal’s guardian if one

has been appointed. If there is anything about this document or your responsibilities that you do not understand,

you should seek legal advice.

Power of Attorney, NY Statutory Short Form

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Liability of agent:

The meaning of the authority given to you is defined in New York’s General Obligations Law, Article 5, Title

15. If it is found that you have violated the law or acted outside the authority granted to you in the Power of

Attorney, you may be liable under the law for your violation.

(o) AGENT’S SIGNATURE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF APPOINTMENT:

It is not required that the principal and the agent(s) sign at the same time, nor that multiple agents sign at the

same time.

I/we, , have read the

foregoing Power of Attorney. I am/we are the person(s) identified therein as agent(s) for the principal named

therein.

I/we acknowledge my/our legal responsibilities.

Agent(s) sign(s) here: ==>

==>

STATE OF NEW YORK )

) ss.:

COUNTY OF )

On the day of in the year before me, the undersigned, personally

appeared , personally known to me or proved to me on

the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within

instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that

by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the

individual(s) acted, executed the instrument.

Notary Public

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(p) SUCCESSOR AGENT’S SIGNATURE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF APPOINTMENT:

It is not required that the principal and the successor agent(s), if any, sign at the same time, nor that multiple

successor agents sign at the same time. Furthermore, successor agents can not use this Power of Attorney unless

the agent(s) designated above is/are unable or unwilling to serve.

I/we, , have read the foregoing Power of Attorney,

I am/we are the person(s) identified therein as successor agent(s) for the principal named

therein.

Successor Agent(s) sign(s) here: ==>

==>

STATE OF NEW YORK )

) ss.:

COUNTY OF )

On the day of in the year before me, the undersigned, personally

appeared , personally known to me or proved to me on

the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within

instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that

by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the

individual(s) acted, executed the instrument.

Notary Public

STATE OF NEW YORK )

) ss.:

COUNTY OF )

On the day of in the year before me, the undersigned, personally

appeared

, personally known to me or proved to me on

the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within

instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that

by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the

individual(s) acted, executed the instrument.

Notary Public

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