Limited Power of Attorney - Colorado
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
COLORADO TRANSACTION-SPECIFIC DURABLE FORM
Before you use this: Fill in the exact transaction, acts, property, amount limit, and end date before signing. The principal must sign or direct another person to sign in the principal's conscious presence. Acknowledgment before a notary supports use with real property and recording; coordinate the county recorder's requirements when land is involved.
1. Principal and agent
I, [PRINCIPAL FULL LEGAL NAME], of [PRINCIPAL ADDRESS], appoint [AGENT FULL LEGAL NAME], of [AGENT ADDRESS], as my agent solely for the purpose 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 grant. A blank act or property description grants no authority. I grant no general power over other property or transactions.
3. Powers withheld
This instrument does not authorize gifts; creation, amendment, revocation, or termination of a trust; creation or change of survivorship rights or beneficiary designations; delegation of authority; waiver of a joint-and-survivor annuity right; exercise of my fiduciary powers; disclaimer or release of property or a power of appointment; exercise of a power of appointment; or exercise of my powers as a partner, member, or manager of an entity not solely owned by me. No exceptional act in C.R.S. § 15-14-724(1) is granted. My agent also may not transfer my property to the agent or for the agent's benefit, make health-care decisions, or execute a will or codicil.
4. Effect, durability, and end
This power of attorney takes effect when I execute it. It is durable and is not terminated by my later incapacity.
My agent's authority ends when the express purpose above is accomplished and, in any event, no later than [DATE AND TIME, INCLUDING TIME ZONE]. It may end earlier upon my death, revocation, or another event under C.R.S. § 15-14-710. I expressly revoke this earlier power of attorney, if any: [IDENTIFY SPECIFIC PRIOR INSTRUMENT / NONE]. Other prior powers of attorney remain in force unless revoked expressly.
5. Agent's duties
My agent must act within this limited grant, in good faith, in accord with my reasonable expectations actually known to the agent or otherwise in my best interest, and must keep records of receipts, disbursements, and transactions. This instrument does not waive the mandatory duties in C.R.S. § 15-14-714(1).
6. Principal's signature
I sign this limited power of attorney voluntarily on [DATE].
Principal's signature: ____________________________________
Printed name: [PRINCIPAL FULL LEGAL NAME]
Acknowledgment
State of Colorado, County of [COUNTY].
This document was acknowledged before me on [DATE] by [PRINCIPAL FULL LEGAL NAME].
Notary public's signature: ____________________________________
Official seal: [SEAL]
Commission expires: [DATE]
7. Agent's acceptance (optional evidence)
I accept this appointment and will act only within its limits. Acceptance may also occur by conduct under C.R.S. § 15-14-713.
Agent's signature: ____________________________________ Date: [DATE]
Printed name: [AGENT FULL LEGAL NAME]
8. Real-property use
If the listed act conveys, encumbers, or affects the title to real property, provide the closing professional this acknowledged instrument and the legal description. Under C.R.S. § 38-35-109(1), qualifying powers of attorney may be recorded with the clerk and recorder of the county where the property is situated; coordinate the presentation and recording of this instrument and any deed or mortgage.
About this template
- Last updated
- October 4, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 4, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Colorado
- Category
- Estate Planning & Wills
Legal authority
- C.R.S. § 15-14-704(1) (durability)
- C.R.S. § 15-14-705 (execution and acknowledgment)
- C.R.S. § 15-14-709(1) (effective time)
- C.R.S. § 15-14-710(1), (6) (termination and prior powers)
- C.R.S. § 15-14-713 (agent acceptance)
- C.R.S. § 15-14-714(1), (2)(d) (agent duties)
- C.R.S. § 15-14-724(1) (powers requiring express grant)
- C.R.S. § 38-35-103 (acknowledgment before notary)
- C.R.S. § 38-35-109(1) (recording power concerning real property)
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.
C.R.S. § 15-14-704(1) (checked October 4, 2026): "A power of attorney created on and after January 1, 2010, is durable unless it expressly provides that it is terminated by the incapacity of the principal."
C.R.S. § 15-14-705 (checked October 4, 2026): "A power of attorney must be signed by the principal or in the principal's conscious presence by another individual directed by the principal to sign the principal's name on the power of attorney."
C.R.S. § 15-14-705 (checked October 4, 2026): "A signature on a power of attorney is presumed to be genuine if the principal acknowledges the signature before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments."
C.R.S. § 15-14-709(1) (checked October 4, 2026): "the authority of an agent under a power of attorney becomes effective when the power is executed."
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