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

	

NOTICE

THE PURPOSE OF THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS TO GIVE THE PERSON YOU DESIGNATE (YOUR “AGENT”) BROAD POWERS TO HANDLE YOUR PROPERTY, WHICH MAY INCLUDE POWERS TO SELL OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF ANY REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY WITHOUT ADVANCE NOTICE TO YOU OR APPROVAL BY YOU. 

THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY DOES NOT IMPOSE A DUTY ON YOUR AGENT TO EXERCISE GRANTED POWERS, BUT WHEN POWERS ARE EXERCISED, YOUR AGENT MUST USE DUE CARE TO ACT FOR YOUR BENEFIT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY. 

YOUR AGENT MAY EXERCISE THE POWERS GIVEN HERE THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFETIME, EVEN AFTER YOU BECOME INCAPACITATED, UNLESS YOU EXPRESSLY LIMIT THE DURATION OF THESE POWERS OR YOU REVOKE THESE POWERS OR A COURT ACTING ON YOUR BEHALF TERMINATES YOUR AGENT’S AUTHORITY. 

YOUR AGENT MUST ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS TO THE EXTENT ACTUALLY KNOWN BY YOUR AGENT AND, OTHERWISE, IN YOUR BEST INTEREST, ACT IN GOOD FAITH AND ACT ONLY WITHIN THE SCOPE OF AUTHORITY GRANTED BY YOU IN THE POWER OF ATTORNEY. 

THE LAW PERMITS YOU, IF YOU CHOOSE, TO GRANT BROAD AUTHORITY TO AN AGENT UNDER POWER OF ATTORNEY, INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO GIVE AWAY ALL OF YOUR PROPERTY WHILE YOU ARE ALIVE OR TO SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGE HOW YOUR PROPERTY IS DISTRIBUTED AT YOUR DEATH. BEFORE SIGNING THIS DOCUMENT, YOU SHOULD SEEK THE ADVICE OF AN ATTORNEY AT LAW TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND IT. 

A COURT CAN TAKE AWAY THE POWERS OF YOUR AGENT IF IT FINDS YOUR AGENT IS NOT ACTING PROPERLY. 

THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF AN AGENT UNDER A POWER OF ATTORNEY ARE EXPLAINED MORE FULLY IN 20 PA.C.S. CH. 56. 

IF THERE IS ANYTHING ABOUT THIS FORM THAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND, YOU SHOULD ASK A LAWYER OF YOUR OWN CHOOSING TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU. 

I have read or had explained to me this notice and I understand its contents. 

Signature: __________________________________________, Principal

Date: ____________________________________

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 financial power of attorney, and that he or she willingly executed it as a free and voluntary act. The principal signed this instrument in my presence.
Witness 1
Signature: 	
Name: 	
Address: 	
Witness 2
Signature: 	
Name: 	
Address: 	

Certificate of Acknowledgment of Notary Public
State of Pennsylvania                                           )
 	)	ss:
County of 	)
This record was acknowledged before me on (date)_______________________ by (name(s) of individual(s)) ________________________________, ________________________________, and ________________________________. 
	
		Signature of Notarial Officer 
	
		Title of Office 
	[NOTARIAL SEAL]	My commission expires: 	

Acknowledgment of Agent
I, _________________________________, have read the attached power of attorney and am the person identified as the agent for the principal. I hereby acknowledge that when I act as agent I shall act in accordance with the principal’s reasonable expectations to the extent actually known by me and, otherwise, in the principal’s best interest, act in good faith and act only within the scope of authority granted to me by the principal in the power of attorney. 

Name of Agent: ______________________________________________________
Signature of Agent: ____________________________________________________
Date: _______________________________________________________________

Preparation Statement

This document was prepared by: 

Print Name: 	________________________________________________________________________
Signature: 	________________________________________________________________________
Address: 	________________________________________________________________________