Power of Attorney in Arizona

The Arizona statutory form

No statutory financial form; the Arizona Attorney General publishes a durable power of attorney template : A.R.S. §14-5501 (requirements); §14-5503 (durable). The health-care power of attorney does have statutory forms (§36-3224).

The statutory form is the one banks and recorders in Arizona see most often, and the one the statute requires third parties to accept when it is properly signed. A lawyer-drafted power of attorney is equally valid if it is executed the same way.

How to sign a power of attorney in Arizona

A power of attorney must be signed by the principal, witnessed by one adult, and notarized (A.R.S. §14-5501(D)).

One adult witness in addition to the notary.

Who may not witness

• The agent
• The agent's spouse or children
• The notary

Online notarization in Arizona

Arizona has run remote online notarization since 2020 (A.R.S. §41-371 et seq.) and recognizes an acknowledgment taken under another state's law (A.R.S. §33-501).

Rush Notary’s notaries are commissioned online notaries public in Florida and notarize for Arizona signers over live video under Florida’s remote online notarization law. The certificate they complete is a Florida certificate; Arizona honors it under the recognition rule above. Your witness can join the same session from anywhere in the United States. Details for this state are on the Arizona online notarization requirements page.

Using it for real estate

A power of attorney used for a conveyance must be acknowledged and recorded with the county recorder (A.R.S. §33-401, §33-411).

Title companies also ask the agent to sign an affidavit at closing that the principal is alive and the power has not been revoked, and lenders review the document before closing. See the real estate power of attorney page.

Medical power of attorney in Arizona

A health care power of attorney (A.R.S. §36-3221) must be signed before one adult witness or a notary; the agent, a relative, an heir and the health-care provider may not witness.

What a health-care agent can decide, and how the document differs from a living will, is on the medical power of attorney page.

Revoking a Arizona power of attorney

Revoke by a signed and dated writing delivered to the agent and to third parties who hold copies; record the revocation if the power was recorded.

Using a power of attorney for a birth or death certificate in Arizona

Whether an agent can request a certified copy of a Arizona birth, death or marriage record under a power of attorney, and what the application itself needs, is on the Arizona vital records page. The power of attorney for vital records page covers how to draft one.