Limited Power of Attorney - Arizona
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
ARIZONA TRANSACTION-SPECIFIC DURABLE FORM
Before you use this: Complete the transaction, acts, property, amount limit, and end date before signing. Confirm the agent's eligibility under § 14-5501(F). An adult principal must sign or direct a signature in conscious presence; a qualified witness must sign a sworn affidavit; and the principal must acknowledge this instrument before a notary. The notary's certificate must bear an official seal. For land use, coordinate recording with the county recorder where the property lies.
1. Principal and agent
I, [PRINCIPAL FULL LEGAL NAME], an adult of [PRINCIPAL ADDRESS], appoint [AGENT FULL LEGAL NAME], an adult of [AGENT ADDRESS], as my agent solely for the transaction and acts stated below.
2. Limited grant
Single transaction or purpose: [DESCRIBE THE TRANSACTION AND IDENTIFY THE COUNTERPARTY]
Acts my agent may perform and documents the agent may sign: [LIST EACH ACT AND DOCUMENT]
Property or account involved: [IDENTIFY PRECISELY; FOR LAND, ATTACH THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION / NONE]
Maximum payment, receipt, or commitment: $[AMOUNT / NONE]
Other conditions: [STATE CONDITIONS / NONE]
My agent may communicate with the identified counterparty, obtain records necessary for this transaction, and sign only the documents listed above. These incidental acts do not enlarge the limited grant. An unfilled act or property description grants no authority. This is no general grant over any other transaction or property.
3. Powers withheld
This instrument does not authorize gifts, transfers to the agent or for the agent's benefit, changes to beneficiary designations or survivorship rights, creation or alteration of a trust, delegation of this authority, waiver of an annuity survivor right, or exercise of my fiduciary powers. My agent may not make health-care decisions, execute a will or codicil, or take an act outside the stated transaction.
4. Durability and end
This power of attorney is not affected by subsequent disability or incapacity of the principal or lapse of time, but it ends at the definite termination time stated below.
My agent's authority ends upon completion of the stated transaction and, in any event, no later than [DATE AND TIME, INCLUDING TIME ZONE]. I may revoke this instrument by a signed written notice delivered to the agent and known persons relying on it. An agent or other person acting in good faith without actual knowledge of my death may remain protected under Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 14-5504(A).
5. Agent's instructions
My agent must act within this limited authority, in good faith, for my benefit, and keep records of acts, receipts, disbursements, and documents signed for me. The agent must provide those records to me on request. These instructions do not permit any self-dealing.
6. Principal's declaration and signature
I, [PRINCIPAL FULL LEGAL NAME], sign my name to this power of attorney on [DATE] and, being first duly sworn, declare to the undersigned notary that I sign and execute it as my power of attorney willingly, or willingly direct another to sign for me; that I execute it as my free and voluntary act for its stated purposes; and that I am at least eighteen years old, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.
Principal's signature or mark: ____________________________________
Printed name: [PRINCIPAL FULL LEGAL NAME]
7. Qualified witness's affidavit and signature
I, [WITNESS FULL LEGAL NAME], being first duly sworn, declare to the undersigned notary that the principal signs and executes this instrument willingly, or willingly directs another to sign; that I sign as witness to the principal's signing in the principal's presence and hearing; and that to the best of my knowledge the principal is at least eighteen years old, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence. I am not the agent, the agent's spouse or child, or the notary public.
Witness's signature: ____________________________________
Printed name and address: [WITNESS FULL LEGAL NAME AND ADDRESS]
8. Notarial certificate
State of Arizona, County of [COUNTY].
Subscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me by [PRINCIPAL FULL LEGAL NAME], principal, and subscribed and sworn to before me by [WITNESS FULL LEGAL NAME], witness, on [DATE].
Notary public's signature: ____________________________________
Official seal: [SEAL]
Commission expires: [DATE]
9. Agent's receipt (optional)
I acknowledge receipt of this instrument and agree to act only within its limits.
Agent's signature: ____________________________________ Date: [DATE]
10. Real-property use
If the agent will sign an instrument affecting real property, provide the closing professional the completed power of attorney and legal description. Coordinate acknowledgment and recording with the recorder of the county where the property is located. Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 33-411 governs notice to later purchasers and encumbrancers and the acknowledgment required for lawful recording.
About this template
- Last updated
- October 4, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 4, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Arizona
- Category
- Estate Planning & Wills
Legal authority
- Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 14-5501(A)–(B) (durability and definite end time)
- Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 14-5501(D) (adult principal and agent; execution)
- Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 14-5501(F) (licensed fiduciary restriction)
- Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 14-5504(A) (good-faith acts without death notice)
- Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 33-411(A)–(B) (recording and acknowledgment for land instruments)
Estate planning documents decide what happens to your property, your children, and your medical care when you cannot make those decisions yourself. Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and health care directives each serve different purposes and each have to meet state law requirements for signing, witnessing, and notarization. A document that looks fine on the page but was not executed correctly can be rejected in probate, which is exactly when it is too late to fix.
Not legal advice
This template is provided for informational purposes. We recommend having an attorney review any legal document before signing, especially for high-value or complex matters.
Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on October 4, 2026.
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 14-5501(A)–(B) (checked October 4, 2026): "The instrument shall contain words that demonstrate the principal's intent that the authority conferred in the durable power of attorney may be exercised: 1. If the principal is subsequently a person with a disability or incapacitated. 2. Regardless of how much time has elapsed, unless the instrument states a definite termination time."
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 14-5501(D)(1)–(2) (checked October 4, 2026): "Contains language that clearly indicates that the principal intends to create a power of attorney and clearly identifies the agent. 2. Is signed or marked by the principal or signed in the principal's name by some other individual in the principal's conscious presence and at the principal's direction."
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 14-5501(D)(3) (checked October 4, 2026): "Is witnessed by a person other than the agent, the agent's spouse, the agent's children or the notary public."
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 14-5501(D)(4) (checked October 4, 2026): "Is executed and attested by its acknowledgment by the principal and by an affidavit of the witness before a notary public and evidenced by the notary public's certificate, under official seal, in substantially the following form:"
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