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NY · Durable Power of Attorney
Make your New York power of attorney.
Name someone you trust to handle your finances if you can't. Legally valid in New York once signed under the New York signing rules below. Free to create, or add secure online document storage with the $29/year subscription.
New York POA requirements
Key features in New York
- 14 power categories (A through N) defined in GOL §§5-1502A through 5-1502N, with individual initial-based selection on the §5-1513 form; the form's bracket (O) is a delegation grant and bracket (P) is a write-in shorthand, not separate substantive power categories
- Initialing (I) personal and family maintenance carries a narrow built-in gift power: continuing the gifts the principal customarily made, capped at $5,000 in the aggregate for all recipients in any one calendar year (GOL §5-1502I(14); §5-1513(f)(I)). Everything beyond that cap, gifts to the agent, and beneficiary-designation changes are 'hot powers' that must be written into the Modifications section
- 2021 law change added 2-witness requirement; pre-2021 POAs without witnesses remain valid
- Agent must sign separate notarized acknowledgment; the power of attorney takes effect as to an agent on the date that agent's signature is acknowledged (GOL §5-1501B(3)(a))
How it works
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Answer a few questions
About your agent, the powers you want to grant, and when they take effect.
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Download your power of attorney
A complete, personalized document, formatted for New York.
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Sign and share
Sign in front of 2 adult witnesses and a notary. Give a copy to your agent.
Who can witness your New York POA
I am not named herein as an agent or as a permissible recipient of gifts (N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law §5-1501B(1)(b)).
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