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Download the Florida Durable Power of Attorney for property and financial matters, effective immediately and durable through later incapacity. The packet includes the main instrument and statutory-form agent’s affidavit in editable Word and print-ready PDF, plus packet inserts, a Signing & Use Guide, and an Agent Handbook.
A Florida financial POA operating kit: the durable instrument, statutory-form agent’s affidavit, ceremony and recording inserts, and separate guides for the principal and the agent.
The main instrument is drafted to comply with the Florida Power of Attorney Act, Chapter 709, Part II, and contains the statutory durability wording. Authority is effective when properly executed.
A separate affidavit follows the statutory form in § 709.2119(2)(c), and the packet inserts include a financial-institution citation sheet for third-party presentation. No form can guarantee every institution will accept the power.
Packet inserts cover the in-person signing ceremony and real-property recording. A Signing & Use Guide is for the principal; an Agent Handbook covers fiduciary duties, limits, and practical use. Guides and inserts are not part of the legal instrument and are not recorded.
This state packet includes 5 documents in editable Word and print-ready PDF formats. Use the Word version for editing and the PDF for print-ready reference.
About this packet
This document lets you appoint one agent at a time to handle the property and financial subjects you choose. Florida law does not provide an official statutory financial power-of-attorney form; this instrument is drafted to comply with Chapter 709, Part II, and uses the statutory durability, banking, and investment language identified in that Act.
The power is effective when properly executed. Each general subject must be initialed separately, and the estate-changing authorities in Section 4 require your signature or initials beside each specific choice. The document does not grant health-care decision authority. Companion guides and inserts support correct execution and use; they are not the legal instrument and should not be recorded.
Three points to understand before completing the packet.
The principal signs with two subscribing witnesses and a notary acknowledgment. Use one in-person ceremony if granting any Section 4 estate-changing authority. The included execution checklist walks through the ceremony; do not use remote witnesses for Section 4 grants.
Initial only the general subjects you want to grant. Trust, gift, survivorship, beneficiary, survivor-benefit, and disclaimer powers are separately elected and never preselected.
The packet includes the statutory agent’s affidavit, a financial-institution citation sheet, and recording instructions. Florida law provides an acceptance framework, but no form can guarantee acceptance in every circumstance. Record only the executed power of attorney when recording is needed.
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FLORIDA DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY
PROPERTY AND FINANCIAL MATTERS · EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
FLA. STAT. CH. 709, PART II · PUBLICLEGAL FORM FL226 · REV. 08/2026
I appoint the agent identified below to act for me in accordance with this durable power of attorney.
Principal — full legal name: ________________________________________________
Principal — address: ________________________________________________________
Agent — full legal name: ____________________________________________________
Agent — address and telephone: ______________________________________________
The complete form also provides space for first and second successor agents and states that one agent serves at a time.
This power of attorney is effective immediately upon valid execution and is not conditioned on incapacity or another future event. It contains the statutory durability wording required by § 709.2104, Florida Statutes.
The principal initials each subject the agent may handle. A blank line withholds that authority; there is no single “grant all” election.
The banking and investment elections use the statutory incorporation phrases in § 709.2208.
The form presents each estate-changing authority separately and leaves every choice blank. These include creating an inter vivos trust, certain trust changes, gifts, survivorship rights, beneficiary designations, waiver of survivor benefits, and disclaimers. If any of these powers is granted, the form directs the principal to execute in one in-person ceremony.
The complete instrument includes special-instruction space, agent duties and compensation terms, an optional preneed-guardian declaration, reliance and termination provisions, and signature blocks for the principal, two subscribing witnesses, and a notary acknowledgment.
Your packet also includes the separate Florida Agent’s Affidavit Regarding Power of Attorney that follows § 709.2119(2)(c) for use when a bank or another third party requests it, plus packet inserts (execution checklist, financial-institution sheet, and recording instructions), a Signing & Use Guide for the principal, and an Agent Handbook.
This is a free representative preview of the main instrument’s structure and key elections — selected instrument language with a representative content summary, not the complete executable form. After checkout you receive the complete formatted packet: the full Florida Durable Power of Attorney and Agent’s Affidavit (Word and PDF), packet inserts, Signing & Use Guide, and Agent Handbook. Guides and inserts are not part of the legal instrument and are not recorded. An optional completed sample of the power of attorney and affidavit is available separately.
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No. Florida does not publish a statutory form for a financial power of attorney. This instrument is drafted to comply with the Florida Power of Attorney Act, Chapter 709, Part II. The separate agent’s affidavit included in the packet follows the statutory affidavit form in § 709.2119(2)(c).
It is exercisable when properly executed. Under § 709.2108, a Florida power of attorney signed after October 1, 2011 cannot be conditioned on a future date, event, or contingency, so this document is effective immediately rather than only after incapacity.
Durable means the power is not terminated merely because the principal later becomes incapacitated. The document contains the durability wording required by § 709.2104.
Section 709.2105(2) requires the principal’s signature, two subscribing witnesses, and acknowledgment before a notary public or another officer authorized under § 695.03. If you grant any Section 4 estate-changing authority, execute the document in one in-person ceremony because remotely witnessed execution makes those authorities ineffective under § 709.2202(6). Use the included execution checklist at the signing table.
Florida grants only authority specifically stated in the document; a general “do all acts” clause grants nothing. Section 709.2202 also requires the principal to sign or initial beside each estate-changing authority, including trust, gift, survivorship, beneficiary, survivor-benefit, and disclaimer powers.
A bank or another third party asked to accept a power of attorney may request an affidavit from the agent. The included companion document follows the statutory form in § 709.2119(2)(c). It supports the acceptance process but does not guarantee that every third party must accept the power.
The packet inserts are companion sheets: an execution checklist, a financial-institution citation page, and recording instructions. The Signing & Use Guide is written for the principal; the Agent Handbook is written for the person named as agent. These materials are not part of the legal instrument and should not be recorded.
No. Recording is optional under § 709.2106(6). An original may be required when the power is recorded or used to affect title to real property. The packet includes recording instructions; record only the executed power of attorney, not the guides or insert sheets, unless a recording authority specifically requires an affidavit in a particular transaction.
No. It covers property and financial matters only. Use a separate Florida health-care directive or Designation of Health Care Surrogate for medical decisions.
The 5 packet documents are delivered in editable Word and print-ready PDF. The instruments ship in Word and PDF; the packet inserts, Signing & Use Guide, and Agent Handbook ship as print-ready PDFs. The optional completed sample is a separate ten-page PDF showing the power of attorney and agent’s affidavit filled with fictional information; it is available for $4.99.
No. ILRG provides self-help legal forms and information, not legal advice. Consult a Florida attorney if you have homestead property, trusts, business interests, tax or benefits concerns, unusual family circumstances, or questions about the agent you are appointing.