Limited Power of Attorney - Hawaii
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY — HAWAIʻI
Before you use this: Complete the transaction, acts, property, amount limit, and end date before signing. This form grants no authority for real property, health-care decisions, or a government-prescribed power-of-attorney form. If the transaction involves land, obtain a separate reviewed instrument and confirm the applicable recording requirements.
1. Principal and agent
I, [PRINCIPAL FULL LEGAL NAME], of [ADDRESS], appoint [AGENT FULL LEGAL NAME], of [ADDRESS], as my agent only for the transaction described below.
2. Limited grant
Specific non-real-property transaction and counterparty: [DESCRIBE]
Acts the agent may perform and documents the agent may sign: [LIST EACH ACT AND DOCUMENT]
Property, account, or asset involved: [IDENTIFY; NO REAL PROPERTY]
Maximum payment, receipt, or commitment: $[AMOUNT / NONE]
Additional conditions: [DESCRIBE / NONE]
My agent may communicate with the named counterparty and obtain records only as reasonably needed to perform the listed acts. A blank act or property description grants no authority. This instrument grants no general authority over my other property or affairs.
3. Powers withheld
My agent may not convey, mortgage, lease, or otherwise deal with real property; create, change, or revoke a trust; make gifts; create or change survivorship rights or beneficiary designations; delegate authority; waive a joint-and-survivor annuity right; exercise my fiduciary powers; transfer my property to the agent or for the agent's benefit; make health-care decisions; or execute or revoke a will or codicil. None of the exceptional powers in Haw. Rev. Stat. § 551E-31(a) is granted.
4. Effect and end of authority
This power takes effect when executed. It is durable and is not terminated by my later incapacity.
My agent's authority ends when the stated purpose is accomplished and, in any event, no later than [DATE AND TIME, INCLUDING TIME ZONE]. It may end sooner upon my death, revocation, or another event under Haw. Rev. Stat. § 551E-6. This power does not revoke a prior power unless I identify it here: [PRIOR INSTRUMENT TO REVOKE / NONE].
5. Agent's duties
My agent must act within this limited grant, in good faith, and in accordance with my reasonable expectations to the extent actually known or otherwise in my best interest. The agent must keep records of receipts, disbursements, and transactions. This instrument does not waive the mandatory duties in Haw. Rev. Stat. § 551E-10(a).
6. Principal's signature
I sign this limited power of attorney voluntarily on [__/__/____] at [CITY, HAWAIʻI].
Principal's signature: ____________________________________
Printed name: [PRINCIPAL FULL LEGAL NAME]
7. Acknowledgment
State of Hawaiʻi, County of [COUNTY].
On [__/__/____], [PRINCIPAL FULL LEGAL NAME] personally appeared before me, was identified to my satisfaction, and acknowledged signing this instrument voluntarily.
Notary public or other authorized officer: ____________________________________
Printed name and title: [NAME AND TITLE]
Commission expiration, if applicable: [DATE] Official seal, if applicable: [SEAL]
8. Agent's receipt (optional)
I acknowledge receipt of this instrument and agree to act only within its stated limits.
Agent's signature: ____________________________________ Date: [__/__/____]
About this template
- Last updated
- October 4, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 4, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Hawaii
- Category
- Estate Planning & Wills
Legal authority
- Haw. Rev. Stat. § 551E-2 (scope and exceptions)
- Haw. Rev. Stat. § 551E-3 (durability, signature, acknowledgment)
- Haw. Rev. Stat. § 551E-5 (effective time)
- Haw. Rev. Stat. § 551E-6 (termination)
- Haw. Rev. Stat. § 551E-10 (agent duties)
- Haw. Rev. Stat. § 551E-31 (authority requiring express grant)
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.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 551E-2 (checked October 4, 2026): "A power created on a form prescribed by a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality for a governmental purpose."
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 551E-3(a) (checked October 4, 2026): "A power of attorney created under this chapter shall be durable unless it expressly provides that it is terminated by the incapacity of the principal."
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 551E-3(b) (checked October 4, 2026): "A power of attorney shall 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."
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 551E-3(b) (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."
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