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Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND

FIDUCIARIES (TITLE 20)

CHAPTER 56. POWERS OF ATTORNEY

§ 5601. General provisions.

§ 5601.1. Powers of attorney presumed durable.

§ 5601.2. Special rules for gifts.

§ 5602. Form of power of attorney.

§ 5603. Implementation of power of attorney.

§ 5604. Durable powers of attorney.

§ 5605. Power of attorney not revoked until notice.

§ 5606. Proof of continuance of powers of attorney by affidavit.

§ 5607. Corporate attorney-in-fact.

§ 5608. Liability.

§ 5609. Compensation and reimbursement for expenses.

§ 5610. Account.

§ 5611. Validity.

§ 5601. General provisions.

(a) General rule.--In addition to all other powers that may be delegated to an agent, any

or all of the powers referred to in section 5602(a) (relating to form of power of attorney)

may lawfully be granted in writing to an agent and, unless the power of attorney

expressly directs to the contrary, shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of

this chapter.

(b) Execution.--A power of attorney shall be signed and dated by the principal by

signature or mark, or by another on behalf of and at the direction of the principal. If the

power of attorney is executed by mark or by another individual, then it shall be witnessed

by two individuals, each of whom is 18 years of age or older. A witness shall not be the

individual who signed the power of attorney on behalf of and at the direction of the

principal.

the beginning of the power of attorney. The notice shall be signed by the principal. In the

absence of a signed notice, upon a challenge to the authority of an agent to exercise a

power under a power of attorney, the agent shall have the burden of demonstrating that

the exercise of this authority is proper.

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