Code of Virginia - Title 11 Contracts - Section 11-9.4 Contingent powers of attorney

§ 11-9.4. Contingent powers of attorney

A. The grant of power or authority conferred by a power of attorney or other writing in which any principal shall vest any power or authority in an attorney in fact or other agent shall, if such writing expressly so provides, be effective only upon (i) a specified future date, (ii) the occurrence of a specified future event or (iii) the existence of a specified condition which may occur in the future.

B. In the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, any person to whom such writing is presented shall be entitled to rely on an affidavit, executed by the attorney in fact or agent, setting forth that such event has occurred or condition exists.

(1987, c. 340.)

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