Power of Attorney for Real Estate
RECORDING REQUESTED BY
AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO

	
Power of Attorney for Real Estate
I, 	 [name of principal], of 	 [city], 
	 [county], 	 [state], 
appoint 	 [name of attorney-in-fact], of 	 [city], 
	 [county] 	 [state] 
to act in my place with respect to the real property described as follows:

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

My attorney-in-fact may act for me in any manner to deal with all or any part of any interest in the real property described in this document, under such terms, conditions, and covenants as my attorney-in-fact deems proper. My attorney-in-fact’s powers include but are not limited to the power to:
1.	Accept as a gift or as security for a loan, reject, demand, buy, lease, receive, or otherwise acquire ownership or possession of any estate or interest in real property.
2.	Sell, exchange, convey with or without covenants, quitclaim, release, surrender, mortgage, encumber, partition or consent to the partitioning of, grant options concerning, lease, sublet, or otherwise dispose of any interest in the real property described in this document.
3.	Maintain, repair, improve, insure, rent, lease, and pay or contest taxes or assessments on any estate or interest in the real property described in this document.
4.	Prosecute, defend, intervene in, submit to arbitration, settle, and propose or accept a compromise with respect to any claim in favor of or against me based on or involving the real property described in this document.
However, my attorney-in-fact shall not have the power to: 

	

	

	

	

	

	

I further grant to my attorney-in-fact full authority to act in any manner both proper and necessary to the exercise of the foregoing powers, including 			
and I ratify every act that my attorney-in-fact may lawfully perform in exercising those powers.
This power of attorney takes effect on 	, and shall continue until terminated in writing, or until 	, whichever comes first. In the event of my incapacity or death, this power of attorney shall terminate immediately.
I agree that any third party who receives a copy of this document may act under it. Revocation of the power of attorney is not effective as to a third party until the third party has actual knowledge of the revocation. I agree to indemnify the third party for any claims that arise against the third party because of reliance on this power of attorney.
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Signed this 	 day of 	 ,	
State of 	 , County of 	
Signature _______________________________________________________________________
Witnesses
On the date written above, the principal declared to me that this instrument is his or her power of attorney for real estate, and that he or she willingly executed it as a free and voluntary act. The principal signed this instrument in my presence.
Name __________________________________________________________________________
Address 	________________________________________________________________________
County ________________________________________________________	_________________

Name __________________________________________________________________________
Address ________________________________________________________________________
County _________________________________________________________________________
Preparation Statement
This document was prepared by: 
Print Name: 	________________________________________________________________________
Signature: 	_________________________________________________________________________
Address: 	__________________________________________________________________________
Signature of Attorney-in-Fact
By accepting or acting under the appointment, the attorney-in-fact assumes the fiduciary and other legal responsibilities of an agent.
Signature of attorney-in-fact: 	

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