2025 Session Last amended: 1993 session

§ 523.01 — Authorization

Plain-Language Summary

Authorizes competent adults to designate another person or authorized corporation as their attorney-in-fact through a written, dated, and signed power of attorney.

523.01 AUTHORIZATION.

A person who is a competent adult may, as principal, designate another person or an authorized corporation as the person’s attorney-in-fact by a written power of attorney. The power of attorney is validly executed when it is dated and signed by the principal and, in the case of a signature on behalf of the principal, by another, or by a mark, acknowledged by a notary public. Only powers of attorney validly created pursuant to this section or section 523.02 are validly executed powers of attorney for the purposes of sections 523.01 to 523.24.

History:

1984 c 603 s 3; 1993 c 13 art 2 s 1

History: History: 1984 c 603 s 3; 1993 c 13 art 2 s 1

Practical Notes

A power of attorney must be in writing, dated, and signed by the principal. If someone signs on behalf of the principal, the signature must be acknowledged before a notary. This is the foundational authorization section.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes