Idaho Code 15-12-203 – Construction of Authority Generally
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Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney, by executing a power of attorney that incorporates by reference a subject described in sections 15-12-204 through 15-12-217, Idaho Code, or that grants to an agent authority to do all acts that a principal could do pursuant to section 15-12-201(3), Idaho Code, a principal authorizes the agent, with respect to that subject, to:
(1) Demand, receive and obtain by litigation or otherwise, money or another thing of value to which the principal is, may become, or claims to be entitled, and conserve, invest, disburse, or use anything so received for the purposes intended;
Terms Used In Idaho Code 15-12-203
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114Power 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 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Idaho Code 73-114 Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government. seal: includes an impression of such seal upon the paper, alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed thereto; or, alternatively, the seal may be the mark of a rubber stamp providing substantially the same information as the impression. See Idaho Code 73-111 Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(2) Contract in any manner with any person, on terms agreeable to the agent, to accomplish a purpose of a transaction and perform, rescind, cancel, terminate, reform, restate, release or modify the contract or another contract made by or on behalf of the principal;
(3) Execute, acknowledge, seal, deliver, file or record any instrument or communication the agent considers desirable to accomplish a purpose of a transaction, including creating at any time a schedule listing some or all of the principal’s property and attaching it to the power of attorney;
(4) Prosecute, defend, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle and propose or accept a compromise with respect to a claim existing in favor of or against the principal or intervene in litigation relating to the claim;
(5) Seek on the principal’s behalf the assistance of a court or other governmental agency to carry out an act authorized in the power of attorney;
(6) Engage, compensate and discharge an attorney, accountant, discretionary investment manager, expert witness or other assistant;
(7) Prepare, execute and file a record, report or other document to safeguard or promote the principal’s interest under a statute or governmental regulation;
(8) Communicate with any representative or employee of a government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality on behalf of the principal;
(9) Access communications intended for and communicate on behalf of the principal, whether by mail, electronic transmission, telephone or other means; and
(10) In general, do any other lawful act with respect to the subject and all property related to the subject.