Vermont § 4053 - Agent’s certification The following optional form may be used by an agent to certify facts concerning a power of attorney
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§ 4053. 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; (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 below) ----------------- _________________________________________ ----------------- _________________________________________ ----------------- _________________________________________ ----------------- _________________________________________ ----------------- _________________________________________ SIGNATURE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT ----------------- _________________________________________ Agent’s Name Printed _______________________________________________________________________ Agent’s Address _______________________________________________________________________ Agent’s Telephone Number _______________________________________________________________________ This document was acknowledged before me on (Date) _________________________________________ by _______________________________________________________________________ (Name of Agent) _______________________________________________________________________Signature of Notary (Seal, if any) My commission expires: _________________________________________ (Added 2023, No. 60, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 4053 ("Agent’s certification The following optional form may be used by an agent to certify facts concerning a power of attorney") is part of the Vermont Statutes Online, the codified statutory law of Vermont. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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