Utah Code 75-9-302. Agent’s certification

The following optional form may be used by an agent to certify facts concerning a power of attorney.

AGENT’S CERTIFICATION AS TO THE VALIDITY OF POWER

OF ATTORNEY AND AGENT’S AUTHORITY

State of _____________________________

[County] of___________________________

I, _____________________________________________ (Name of Agent), certify under penalty of perjury that __________________________________________(Name of Principal) granted me authority as an agent or successor agent in a power of attorney dated ________________________.

I further certify that to my knowledge:

(1) the principal is alive and has not revoked the power of attorney or my authority to act under the power of attorney and the power of attorney and my authority to act under the power of attorney have not terminated;

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Terms Used In Utah Code 75-9-302

Agent: includes an attorney-in-fact under a durable or nondurable power of attorney, an individual authorized to make decisions concerning another's health care, and an individual authorized to make decisions for another under a natural death act. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}

(2) if the power of attorney was drafted to become effective upon the happening of an event or contingency, the event or contingency has occurred;

(3) if I was named as a successor agent, the prior agent is no longer able or willing to serve; and

(4) _____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________

(Insert other relevant statements)

SIGNATURE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

____________________________________________ __________

Agent’s Signature Date

____________________________________________

Agent’s Name Printed

____________________________________________

Agent’s Address

____________________________________________

Agent’s Telephone Number

This document was acknowledged before me on __________________________,

(Date)

by______________________________________.

(Name of Agent)

____________________________________________ (Seal, if any)

Signature of Notary

My commission expires: ________________________

This document prepared by:

_________________________________________________________________

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