Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 17-108
Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 17-108
- Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(b) A power of attorney executed other than in this State is valid and enforceable in this State as to persons dealing with the agent if, when the power of attorney was executed, the execution complied with:
(1) The law of the jurisdiction that determines the meaning and effect of the power of attorney; or
(2) The requirements for a military power of attorney in accordance with 10 U.S.C. § 1044b.
(c) (1) Except as otherwise provided by law other than this title and subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a photocopy or electronically transmitted copy of an original power of attorney is as valid and binding as the original power of attorney.
(2) A clerk of court may refuse to record a photocopy or electronically transmitted copy of an original power of attorney.
(d) (1) A principal may delegate to one or more agents the authority to do any act specified in the statutory forms in Subtitle 2 of this title.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, if a principal designates one or more coagents, all coagents shall act together unanimously unless the power of attorney otherwise provides.
(3) The acts specified in the statutory forms may not, notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, be deemed to invalidate or limit the validity of other authorized acts that a principal may delegate to an agent.