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IL · Durable Power of Attorney
Make your Illinois power of attorney.
Free and legally valid in Illinois. Name someone you trust to handle your finances if you can't.
Start my Illinois POA →Illinois POA requirements
Key features in Illinois
- 15 power categories including safe deposit box access and borrowing/lending
- Requires both one witness AND notary
- Agent cannot exercise powers in a manner that contradicts the principal's known wishes
- Agent certification under penalty of perjury (Public Act 103-0994, eff. 1/1/2025): third parties may request agent certify valid authority
How it works
- 1
Answer a few questions
About your agent, the powers you want to grant, and when they take effect. Takes about 10 minutes.
- 2
Download your power of attorney
A complete, personalized document, formatted for Illinois.
- 3
Sign and share
Sign in front of 1 adult witnesses and a notary. Give a copy to your agent.
No account, nothing stored on our servers
Will.com doesn’t store the content of your documents. There’s no account to create and no email required. Your draft answers are saved on your device so you can pick up where you left off, and you can clear them anytime.
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