Indiana Code 30-5-11-4.1. Certain powers of attorney created in reliance on supreme court order
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Sec. 4.1. (a) This section applies to a power of attorney that is electronically signed and notarized:
(2) before January 1, 2022.
(1) on or after March 31, 2020; and
Terms Used In Indiana Code 30-5-11-4.1
- Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- 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
(b) If a power of attorney described in subsection (a) was electronically signed and notarized by a notary public using audiovisual communication technology to positively identify the principal or someone signing at the principal’s direction, the resulting power of attorney must be treated as validly executed under this chapter if it complies with all other requirements of section 4 of this chapter as they existed on June 30, 2020.
As added by P.L.185-2021, SEC.26.