Free Arizona Motor Vehicle Power of Attorney Template

An Arizona motor vehicle power of attorney appoints someone to sign title documents for a vehicle owner. The Motor Vehicle Division publishes Form 48-1001 for the purpose, and it is acknowledged in front of a notary or an MVD agent.

The Arizona Department of Transportation lists Form 48-1001 in its MVD document library. The current revision is marked R07/25, and the form is short, which makes the few things it asks for worth getting right.

The Form’s Stated Purpose

Helpfully, ADOT describes the purpose in one line. The form appoints another person to sign all documents required to obtain and transfer a vehicle title.

The Vehicle Is Identified First

Naturally, the form opens with vehicle identification. It asks for the vehicle identification number and the year, so the authority attaches to a specific vehicle rather than to your vehicles generally.

What the Owner Grants

Meanwhile, the operative sentence is broad within that subject. The owner appoints the attorney-in-fact named above to sign all papers and documents required to secure the title. It then grants the further authority to endorse and transfer title for the vehicle described.

Both Parties Are Described

Next come blocks for the two people involved, with names and addresses. However, the owner’s details run further, since the MVD needs enough to identify who granted the authority.

Acknowledged, Not Merely Signed

Finally, the closing block is an acknowledgment rather than a plain signature line. It reads that the document was acknowledged before the official on the date given. A notary or an MVD agent then signs it.

Supporting details come with it. The block records the date, the county and state, and the commission expiry of the person taking the acknowledgment.

It needs a notary or an MVD agent. Form 48-1001 closes with an acknowledgment block signed by one or the other. So the owner cannot simply sign at home and send the form in.

Meanwhile, that second option is the convenient one. An MVD agent may take the acknowledgment. So an owner visiting an office can have it handled at the counter, rather than making a separate trip to a notary.

Either way, the sequence is the same. Sign in the presence of whoever completes the block, since an acknowledgment is a statement that the signer appeared before that official.

Tip: Check the revision code before you print. An Arizona motor vehicle power of attorney on an old version of 48-1001 may not match what the office expects. The current one is marked R07/25.

As always, the acknowledgment decides where you sign. Follow these steps:

1. Enter the vehicle identification number and year for the vehicle concerned.
2. Fill in the attorney-in-fact’s name and address.
3. Complete the owner’s details in full, leaving no blanks.
4. Decide whether you will use a notary or an MVD agent.
5. Sign in front of that person, so the acknowledgment is accurate.
6. Give the form to your attorney-in-fact, and keep a copy for yourself.

Here too, the form’s own fields make the checklist.

• Vehicle identification number and year
• Attorney-in-fact’s name and address
• Owner’s name, address, and identifying details
• The grant of authority to secure, endorse, and transfer title
• Owner’s signature
• Acknowledgment block, completed by a notary or MVD agent
• Date, county, and state
• The official’s commission expiry

Document Genius’s guided form walks you through each field. So your Arizona motor vehicle power of attorney is ready to print and take to the notary or the MVD.