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    New York Durable General Power of Attorney Statutory Short Form (Immediate)

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    About this Form:  This document is fully compliant with N.Y. General Obligations Law, Article 5, Title 15: S. 5-1513. As of 2022, this document is the most current version of this form. The purchased version of this form includes: (1) the New York Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney, (2) the Statutory Gifts Rider, (3) the Affidavit that Power of Attorney is in Full Force and Effect, and (4) a separate document that offers suggested professionally drafted supplementary language for the optional provisions of both the Power of Attorney and the Statutory Gifts Rider.


    New York Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney, Eff. 9/24/2021

    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 may 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.nysenate.gov or www.nyassembly.gov.

    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.

    (b) DESIGNATION OF AGENT(S): I, ____________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________
    [name and address of principal], hereby appoint: ___________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________ [name(s) and address(es) of agent(s)] as my agent(s).

    If you designate more than one agent above and you do not initial the statement below, they must act together.

    (______) My agents may act SEPARATELY.

    (c) DESIGNATION OF SUCCESSOR AGENT(S): (OPTIONAL)
    If any agent designated above is unable or unwilling to serve, I appoint as my successor agent(s):
    __________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________ [name(s) and address(es) of successor agent(s)]

    If you do not initial the statement below, successor agents designated above must act together.

    (______) 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."

    (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 thousand dollars;
    (______) (J) benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service;
    (______) (K) financial matters related to health care; 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) CERTAIN GIFT TRANSACTIONS: (OPTIONAL)

    In order to authorize your agent to make gifts in excess of an annual total of $5,000 for all gifts described in (I) of the grant of authority section of this document (under personal and family maintenance), and/or to make changes to interest in your property, you must expressly grant that authorization in the Modifications section below. If you wish to authorize your agent to make gifts to himself or herself, you must expressly grant such authorization in the Modifications section below. Granting such authority to your agent gives your agent the authority to take actions which could significantly reduce your property and/or change how your property is distributed at your death. Your choice to grant such authority should be discussed with a lawyer.

    (______) I grant my agent authority to make gifts in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Modifications that supplement this Statutory Power of Attorney.

    (h) MODIFICATIONS: (OPTIONAL)

    In this section, you may make additional provisions, including, but not limited to, language to limit or supplement authority granted to your agent, language to grant your agent the specific authority to make gifts to himself or herself, and/or language to grant your agent the specific authority to make other gift transactions and/or changes to interests in your property. Your agent is entitled to be reimbursed from your assets for reasonable expenses incurred on your behalf. In this section, you may make additional provisions if you ALSO wish your agent(s) to be compensated from your assets for services rendered on your behalf, and you may define "reasonable compensation."

    _________________________________________________________________________
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    _________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________

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

    If you wish to appoint monitor(s), initial and fill in the 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):

    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, and/or you wish to define "reasonable compensation", you may do so above, under "Modifications".

    (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.

    (m) SIGNATURE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT:

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


    PRINCIPAL signs here: ➡ __________________________________________


    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    (of Principal’s Signature)

    STATE OF NEW YORK
    COUNTY OF __________________

    On this ____ day of __________________, 20_____ before me the undersigned, personally appeared _________________________________________________________________, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her capacity, and that by his/her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.


    _______________________________________
    (signature and office of individual taking acknowledgment)



    (n) SIGNATURES OF WITNESSES:

    By signing as a witness, I acknowledge that the principal signed the Power of Attorney in my presence and in the presence of the other witness, or that the principal acknowledged to me that the principal's signature was affixed by him or her or at his or her direction. I also acknowledge that the principal has stated that this Power of Attorney reflects his or her wishes and that he or she has signed it voluntarily. I am not named herein as an agent or as a permissible recipient of gifts.



    __________________________________________________________________
    Signature of Witness 1 Signature of Witness 2


    __________________________________________________________________
    Date Date


    __________________________________________________________________
    Print namePrint name


    __________________________________________________________________
    AddressAddress


    __________________________________________________________________
    City, State, Zip CodeCity, State, Zip Code


    (o) 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 best 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 transactions conducted for the principal or keep all receipts of 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 the modifications section of this document 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.

    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.

    (p) 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.

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


    Agent(s) sign(s) here: ➡ ___________________________________________________


    ___________________________________________________


    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    (of the Agent’s Signature)


    STATE OF NEW YORK
    COUNTY OF __________________

    On this ____ day of __________________, 20_____ before me the undersigned, personally appeared _________________________________________________________________, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her capacity, and that by his/her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.


    _______________________________________
    (signature and office of individual taking acknowledgment)


    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    (of the second Agent’s signature, if more than one Agent has been designated)


    STATE OF NEW YORK
    COUNTY OF __________________

    On this ____ day of __________________, 20_____ before me the undersigned, personally appeared _________________________________________________________________, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her capacity, and that by his/her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.


    _______________________________________
    (signature and office of individual taking acknowledgment)

    (q) SUCCESSOR AGENT'S SIGNATURE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT 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.

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


    Successor Agent(s) sign(s) here: ➡ ________________________________________


    ________________________________________


    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    (of the Successor Agent’s Signature)


    STATE OF NEW YORK
    COUNTY OF __________________

    On this ____ day of __________________, 20_____ before me the undersigned, personally appeared _________________________________________________________________, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her capacity, and that by his/her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.


    _______________________________________
    (signature and office of individual taking acknowledgment)


    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    (of the second Successor Agent’s signature, if more than one Successor Agent has been designated)


    STATE OF NEW YORK
    COUNTY OF __________________

    On this ____ day of __________________, 20_____ before me the undersigned, personally appeared _________________________________________________________________, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her capacity, and that by his/her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.


    _______________________________________
    (signature and office of individual taking acknowledgment)

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