Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1337 - Power Of Attorney

• Section 1337.01 - Power Of Attorney.
  A power of attorney for the conveyance, mortgage, or lease of any interest in real property shall be signed, acknowledged, and certified as provided...
• Section 1337.02 - Form And Effect Of Power Of Attorney.
  A deed, mortgage, or lease of any interest in real property, made by virtue of a power of attorney, must contain the name of...
• Section 1337.03 - Validity Of Certain Acts Of Attorney In Fact.
  No deed executed by a person acting for another, under a power of attorney, acknowledged, and recorded, is invalid or defective because he, instead...
• Section 1337.04 - Recording Of Power Of Attorney.
  A power of attorney for the conveyance, mortgage, or lease of an interest in real property must be recorded in the office of the...
• Section 1337.05 - Revocation Of Power Of Attorney Must Be Recorded.
  No instrument containing a power of attorney for the conveyance, mortgage, or lease of an interest in real property, which has been recorded, will...
• Section 1337.06 - Execution And Evidence Of Power Of Attorney.
  A power of attorney for the transfer of personal property or the transaction of business relating to the transfer of personal property, in order...
• Section 1337.07 - Admission Of Power Of Attorney To Record.
  Any person interested may have a power of attorney authorizing the transfer of personal property or the transaction of any business relating thereto admitted...
• Section 1337.08 - Record Of Power Of Attorney Authorizing Transfer Of Personal Property.
  The county recorder shall record in the official records all powers of attorney authorizing the transfer of personal property or the transaction of any...
• Section 1337.09 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.65, SB 117, §2, eff. 3/22/2012. Effective Date: 01-14-1997; 2008 SB157 05-14-2008
• Section 1337.091 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.65, SB 117, §2, eff. 3/22/2012. Effective Date: 10-21-2003
• Section 1337.092 - Personal Liability.
  (A) If an attorney in fact enters into a contract in the representative capacity of the attorney in fact, if the contract is within...
• Section 1337.093 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.65, SB 117, §2, eff. 3/22/2012. Effective Date: 10-01-1996
• Section 1337.10 - Fees Of Recorder - Microfilm Process.
  The county recorder shall charge the same fee for the recording of a power of attorney authorizing the transfer of personal property or the...
• Section 1337.11 - Durable Power Of Attorney For Health Care Definitions.
  As used in sections 1337.11 to 1337.17 of the Revised Code: (A) "Adult" means a person who is eighteen years of age or older....
• Section 1337.12 - Formality Of Execution.
  (A) (1) An adult who is of sound mind voluntarily may create a valid durable power of attorney for health care by executing a...
• Section 1337.13 - Authority Of Attorney In Fact Under A Durable Power Of Attorney For Health Care.
  (A) (1) An attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care shall make health care decisions for the principal only...
• Section 1337.14 - Revocation.
  (A) A principal who creates a valid durable power of attorney for health care may revoke that instrument or the designation of the attorney...
• Section 1337.15 - Immunity.
  (A) Subject to division (H) of this section, an attending physician of a principal is not subject to criminal prosecution or professional disciplinary action...
• Section 1337.16 - Duties Of Health Care Providers.
  (A) No physician, health care facility, other health care provider, person authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state under Title...
• Section 1337.17 - Printed Form - Durable Power Of Attorney For Health Care.
  A printed form of durable power of attorney for health care may be sold or otherwise distributed in this state for use by adults...
• Section 1337.18 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.65, SB 117, §2, eff. 3/22/2012. Effective Date: 03-29-2006
• Section 1337.19 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.65, SB 117, §2, eff. 3/22/2012. Effective Date: 03-29-2006
• Section 1337.20 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.65, SB 117, §2, eff. 3/22/2012. Effective Date: 03-29-2006
• Section 1337.21 - Short Title.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Sections 1337.21 to 1337.64 of the Revised Code may be cited as the uniform power...
• Section 1337.22 - Definitions.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS As used in sections 1337.21 to 1337.64 of the Revised Code: (A) "Agent" means a...
• Section 1337.23 - Applicability.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Sections 1337.21 to 1337.64 of the Revised Code apply to all powers of attorney except...
• Section 1337.24 - Power Of Attorney Is Durable.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS A power of attorney created under sections 1337.21 to 1337.64 of the Revised Code is...
• Section 1337.25 - Execution Of Power Of Attorney.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS A power of attorney must be signed by the principal or in the principal's conscious...
• Section 1337.26 - Validity Of Power Of Attorney.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS (A) A power of attorney executed in this state on or after the effective date...
• Section 1337.27 - Meaning And Effect Of Power Of Attorney.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS The meaning and effect of a power of attorney is determined by the law of...
• Section 1337.28 - Nomination Of Guardian; Relation Of Agent To Court-appointed Fiduciary.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS (A) In a power of attorney, a principal may nominate a guardian of the principal's...
• Section 1337.29 - When Power Of Attorney Effective.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS (A) A power of attorney is effective when executed unless the principal provides in the...
• Section 1337.30 - Termination Of Power Of Attorney Or Agent's Authority.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS (A) A power of attorney terminates when any of the following occurs: (1) The principal...
• Section 1337.31 - Coagents And Successor Agents.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS (A) A principal may designate two or more persons to act as coagents. Unless the...
• Section 1337.32 - Reimbursement And Compensation Of Agent.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, an agent is entitled to reimbursement of expenses...
• Section 1337.33 - Agent's Acceptance.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney, a person accepts appointment as an...
• Section 1337.34 - Agent's Duties.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS (A) Notwithstanding provisions in the power of attorney, an agent that has accepted appointment shall...
• Section 1337.35 - Exoneration Of Agent.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS A provision in a power of attorney relieving an agent of liability for breach of...
• Section 1337.36 - Judicial Relief.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS (A) Any of the following persons may petition a court to construe a power of...
• Section 1337.37 - Agent's Liability.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS An agent that violates sections 1337.21 to 1337.64 of the Revised Code is liable to...
• Section 1337.38 - Agent's Resignation; Notice.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Unless the power of attorney provides a different method for an agent's resignation, an agent...
• Section 1337.39 - Principles Of Law And Equity.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Unless displaced by a provision of sections 1337.21 to 1337.64 of the Revised Code, the...
• Section 1337.40 - Conflict Of Laws.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS In the event of a conflict between any provision of sections 1337.21 to 1337.64 of...
• Section 1337.41 - Remedies Under Other Law.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS The remedies provided under sections 1337.21 to 1337.64 of the Revised Code are not exclusive...
• Section 1337.42 - Authority That Requires Specific Grant; Grant Of General Authority.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 2. AUTHORITY (A) An agent under a power of attorney may do any of the following on behalf...
• Section 1337.43 - Incorporation Of Authority.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 2. AUTHORITY (A) An agent has authority described in sections 1337.42 to 1337.58 of the Revised Code if...
• Section 1337.44 - Construction Of Authority Generally.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 2. AUTHORITY Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney, by executing a power of attorney that...
• Section 1337.45 - Real Property.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 2. AUTHORITY Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority...
• Section 1337.46 - Tangible Personal Property.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 2. AUTHORITY Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority...
• Section 1337.47 - Stocks And Bonds.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 2. AUTHORITY Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority...
• Section 1337.48 - Commodities And Options.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 2. AUTHORITY Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority...
• Section 1337.49 - Banks And Other Financial Institutions.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 2. AUTHORITY Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority...
• Section 1337.50 - Operation Of Entity Or Business.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 2. AUTHORITY Subject to the terms of a document or an agreement governing an entity or an entity...
• Section 1337.51 - Insurance And Annuities.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 2. AUTHORITY Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority...
• Section 1337.52 - Estates, Trusts, And Other Beneficial Interests.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 2. AUTHORITY (A) As used in this section, "estate, trust, or other beneficial interest" means a trust, probate...
• Section 1337.53 - Claims And Litigation.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 2. AUTHORITY Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority...
• Section 1337.54 - Personal And Family Maintenance.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 2. AUTHORITY (A) Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general...
• Section 1337.55 - Benefits From Governmental Programs Or Civil Or Military Service.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 2. AUTHORITY (A) As used in this section, "benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service" means...
• Section 1337.56 - Retirement Plans.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 2. AUTHORITY (A) As used in this section, "retirement plan" means a plan or account created by an...
• Section 1337.57 - Taxes.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 2. AUTHORITY Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority...
• Section 1337.58 - Gifts.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 2. AUTHORITY (A) As used in this section, a gift "for the benefit of" a person includes a...
• Section 1337.59 - Construction Under Former Law.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 2. AUTHORITY In a power of attorney executed on or after March 29, 2006, and before the effective...
• Section 1337.60 - Statutory Form Power Of Attorney.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 3. STATUTORY FORMS A document substantially in the following form may be used to create a statutory form...
• Section 1337.61 - Agent's Certification.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 3. STATUTORY FORMS The following optional form may be used by an agent to certify facts concerning a...
• Section 1337.62 - Uniformity Of Application And Construction.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS In applying and construing sections 1337.21 to 1337.64 of the Revised Code, consideration shall be...
• Section 1337.63 - Relation To Electronic Signatures In Global And National Commerce Act.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sections 1337.21 to 1337.64 of the Revised Code modify, limit, and supersede the "Electronic Signatures...
• Section 1337.64 - Effect On Existing Powers Of Attorney.
  UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT Article 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (A) Except as otherwise provided in sections 1337.21 to 1337.64 of the Revised Code, on...

Last modified: October 10, 2016