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TX · Durable Power of Attorney
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Texas POA requirements
Key features in Texas
- Required all-caps statutory warning notice (unique to Texas)
- 14 power categories with individual initialing
- Explicit durability statement required by law (not presumed)
- Notary only, no witnesses required
- Five specific authorities listed in Tex. Est. Code §751.031(b) (creating, amending, revoking, or terminating an inter vivos trust; making a gift; creating or changing rights of survivorship; creating or changing a beneficiary designation; and delegating authority granted under the power of attorney) may be exercised only if the durable power of attorney expressly grants them. Initialing the 14 standard §752.051 categories, or line (O) for all of them, is not that express grant. On the statutory form the express grant is made in the SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS section, which carries a separate initial line for the gift power capped at the federal gift tax annual exclusion.
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 Texas.
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Sign and share
Sign in front of a notary. Give a copy to your agent.
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