Under the new legislation, there is a provision that all properly presented powers of attorney are valid, which prevents third parties from rejecting them without cause. Similarly, a person who in good faith accepts an acknowledged and witnessed power of attorney without actual knowledge that the subject power is void, invalid, or terminated, or that the agent’s authority is void, invalidated, or terminated, or that the agent is exceeding or improperly exercising the power of attorney may rely on the subject power of attorney.
A person who in good faith accepts an acknowledged and witnessed power of attorney without actual knowledge that the signature is not genuine, may rely upon the presumption that the signature is genuine. The law now creates a presumption of validity for powers of attorney executed after June 13, 2021, and puts other parameters upon the acceptance or rejection of a form power of attorney which did not previously exist. This aspect may be a game changer for seriously ill or infirm clients who wish to appoint agents by power of attorney, but whom may not be able to hold or effectively control a pen to sign for themselves. One change that is likely a direct result of the pandemic is the new rule that powers of attorney no longer need to be personally executed by the principal, if the power of attorney is signed on behalf of the principal by a person other than the agent in the principal’s presence, and at the principal’s direction. That being said, the best practice remains using the statutory form, if at all possible. Currently, powers of attorney have and will continue to be rejected due to mistakes in the “exact wording.” The new law also provides some built-in forgiveness for (i) an insignificant mistake in wording, spelling, punctuation or formatting, or the use of bold or italic type, or (ii) uses of language or formatting that is essentially the same as, but is not identical to, the statutory form, including utilizing language from a previous statute (Chapter 323). The new law provides that the wording which “substantially conforms” will be deemed acceptable, allowing for minor changes or errors in drafting. Notably, a prior requirement was that the Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney must contain the exact wording set forth within the law. Once-fatal flaws in the preparation and execution of New York powers of attorney are now afforded some forgiveness in certain situations.
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While revisions to the form of the New York State power of attorney have been under consideration for the past several years, the pandemic situation over the last fourteen months may have driven the legislature to finally update the form power of attorney to make it more efficient to execute and use. (The omission of this rider is one of the key highlights of the public-policy driven edits to the new form.) Key Changes The last time the requirements were amended in 2009 and then again in 2010, the state combined the then-current forms for durable, non-durable and springing powers of attorney into one, ballooning the statutory form to 14 pages, including a separate statutory gifts rider. The New York form is notorious for its stringent language and execution requirements.
By legislation passed on Decemand signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo, all powers of attorney executed after Jin New York must meet certain updated criteria in order to be valid. Small but significant changes are coming soon to the New York State statutory power of attorney form effective June 13, 2021.
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