Free North Dakota Motor Vehicle Power of Attorney Template

A North Dakota motor vehicle power of attorney is a written power of attorney that designates an attorney in fact to handle title and registration matters for your vehicle. North Dakota’s Uniform Durable Power of Attorney Act, Century Code chapter 30.1-30, governs how powers of attorney work.

Chapter 30.1-30 is brief, and several of its sections matter for a vehicle document.

Durable Only With the Right Words

Under section 30.1-30-01, a power of attorney is durable only if it contains words showing it continues despite the principal’s later disability or incapacity. The statute gives example wording for that.

Death Doesn’t End It for an Unaware Agent

Section 30.1-30-04 says a principal’s death does not revoke the agency as to an attorney in fact who, without actual knowledge of the death, acts in good faith. Such actions bind the principal’s successors.

An Affidavit Can Prove It’s Still Valid

Under section 30.1-30-05, the attorney in fact’s affidavit stating they had no actual knowledge of revocation, death, or incapacity is conclusive proof for good-faith reliance.

Broad Wording Can Allow Gifts

Section 30.1-30-06 says that if a power of attorney authorizes the agent to do any act the principal could do, the agent may make gifts, unless the document limits that authority.

Chapter 30.1-30 doesn’t say. It sets no signing, witnessing, or notarization rule for a power of attorney.

So ask before you sign. Contact the North Dakota Department of Transportation’s motor vehicle office and confirm what it accepts.

Tip: Keep a North Dakota motor vehicle power of attorney limited to one vehicle and to title and registration. That avoids the broad wording that, under section 30.1-30-06, can let an agent make gifts.

Work through it in order:

1. Name yourself as principal and your attorney in fact.
2. Describe the vehicle, including the VIN.
3. List only the title and registration acts you authorize.
4. Add durable wording only if you want it to survive incapacity.
5. Sign and date it, notarized if NDDOT asks.
6. Give the original to your attorney in fact.

Keep it specific:

• Principal’s and attorney in fact’s names and addresses
• Vehicle year, make, and VIN
• The title and registration acts authorized
• Durable wording, only if you want it
• Any limits on the agent’s authority
• Principal’s signature and date

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