Michigan Laws 556.206 – Validity of power of attorney
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 556.206
- 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: means a power of attorney. See Michigan Laws 556.202
- 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
- Power of attorney: means a written record that grants authority to an agent to act in 1 or more matters on behalf of the principal, whether or not the term power of attorney is used. See Michigan Laws 556.202
- Principal: means an individual who grants authority to an agent in a power of attorney. See Michigan Laws 556.202
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Michigan Laws 556.202
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(1) A power of attorney executed in this state is valid in this state if, when the power was executed, the execution complied with the requirements for the execution of a power of attorney under the law of this state as it existed at that time.
(2) A power of attorney that is not executed in this state is valid in this state if, when the power was executed, the execution complied with either of the following:
(a) The requirements for the execution of a power of attorney under the law of the jurisdiction that determines the meaning and effect of the power under section 107 or under the law of the jurisdiction in which the principal was domiciled at the time of execution.
(b) The requirements for a military power of attorney under 10 USC 1044b.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney or by statute other than this act, a photocopy or electronically transmitted copy of an original power of attorney has the same effect as the original.