R.I. Gen. Laws § 18-16-2 Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney

• Library: Rhode Island Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 2023 Public Law 398
• Year: 2023
• Citation: R.I. Gen. Laws § 18-16-2

(a) The statutory short form power of attorney is as follows:

SHORT FORM POWER OF ATTORNEY

WARNING TO PERSON EXECUTING THIS DOCUMENT

This is an important legal document which is authorized by the general laws of this state. The powers granted by this document are broad and sweeping. They are defined in §§ 18-16-1 to 18-16-12, both inclusive, of the general laws in chapter 18-16 entitled "Rhode Island Short Form Power of Attorney Act."

The use of the short form power of attorney is strictly voluntary, and chapter 18-16 specifically authorizes the use of any other or different form of power of attorney upon mutual agreement of the parties concerned.

Known All Men by These Presents, which are intended to constitute a GENERAL POWER OF ATTORNEY pursuant to the Rhode Island Short Form Power of Attorney Act:

That I _____________________________________ (insert name and address of the principal) do hereby appoint _____________________________________ (insert name and address of the agent, or each agent, if more than one is designated) my attorney(s)-in-fact TO ACT _____________________________________.

(If more than one agent is designated and the principal wishes each agent alone to be able to exercise the power conferred, insert in this blank the word "severally". Failure to make any insertion or the insertion of the word "jointly" shall require the agents to act jointly.)

First: In my name, place and stead in any way which I myself could do, if I were personally present, with respect to the following matters as each of them is defined in the Rhode Island Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney Act to the extent that I am permitted by law to act through an agent:

(STRIKE OUT AND INITIAL ON THE OPPOSITE LINE ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE SUBDIVISIONS AS TO WHICH THE PRINCIPAL DOES NOT DESIRE TO GIVE THE AGENT AUTHORITY. SUCH ELIMINATION OF ANY ONE OR MORE OF SUBDIVISIONS (A) TO (I), INCLUSIVE, SHALL AUTOMATICALLY CONSTITUTE AN ELIMINATION ALSO OF SUBDIVISION (J).

To strike out any subdivision the principal must draw a line through the text of that subdivision AND write his initials in the line opposite.

INITIAL HERE

(A) real state transactions;

(B) chattel and goods transactions;

(C) bond, share and commodity transactions;

(D) banking transactions;

(E) business operating transactions;

(F) insurance transactions;

(G) (claims and litigations;

(H) benefits from military service;

(I) records, reports and statements;

(J) all other matters;