Free Wyoming Limited Power of Attorney Form

A Wyoming limited power of attorney authorizes an agent to act for you on specific matters. Wyoming’s Uniform Power of Attorney Act, Chapter 9 of Title 3, governs it. The Legislature created that act in 2017, with an effective date of January 1, 2018, and repealed the state’s earlier durable power of attorney provisions.

Wyoming keeps its execution rule brief and puts the weight on your wording.

Your Signature Creates the Document

You sign the power of attorney, or another person signs your name in your conscious presence at your direction (W.S. 3-9-105).

A Notary Makes It Usable

Acknowledging your signature before a notary public or other authorized person makes the signature presumed genuine (W.S. 3-9-105). That presumption is what banks and title companies look for.

Durable Unless You Say Otherwise

A power of attorney created on or after January 1, 2018 is durable unless it expressly provides that your incapacity terminates it (W.S. 3-9-104(a)). So a short-term document needs that sentence if you want the authority to stop there.

Older Documents Follow Older Rules

A power of attorney that already existed on the act’s effective date is durable only if it was durable under the law in force when it was signed (W.S. 3-9-104(b)). Documents signed in Wyoming since then are valid when they follow W.S. 3-9-105 (W.S. 3-9-106(a)). One from another state can also be valid here if it met that jurisdiction’s law (W.S. 3-9-106(c)).

Write both limits in. First, name the single task, with the account, vehicle, or parcel identified. Second, add the sentence ending the authority at your incapacity, since the act otherwise keeps it running.

Then set an outside date. A Wyoming limited power of attorney for one closing or one errand should say when it expires, so your agent and any third party can see the boundary without asking.

The act also supplies a statutory form at W.S. 3-9-301 and an agent’s certification at W.S. 3-9-302. The certification gives your agent a way to confirm their authority to a bank that wants more than the document itself.

The 2017 act covered one more subject worth asking about. Its enacting title describes requiring notice to agents or fiduciaries under powers of attorney as specified, so a Wyoming attorney can tell you how that applies to your document.

A single notary appointment usually finishes it. Take these steps:

1. Name the task and identify the account, vehicle, or property.
2. Add the sentence ending the authority at incapacity, if that’s your choice.
3. Write in an expiration date or ending event.
4. Sign, or direct another person to sign your name in your presence.
5. Have the notary public complete the acknowledgment.
6. Give your agent the document, along with a blank agent’s certification.

Your Wyoming limited power of attorney should answer the act’s defaults directly. Include:

• Your legal name and the agent’s, spelled as on their ID
• The specific authority, and nothing wider
• A statement about incapacity, since the act assumes durability
• The date the authority expires
• Your signature, acknowledged before a notary

If you start from the statutory form, read its subject list closely before initialing. Granting a subject you don’t need is the easiest way for a limited document to stop being limited, and it’s easily avoided with a careful read.