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Home Legal Documents Power of Attorney Louisiana

Free Louisiana Power of Attorney Forms

Use our Louisiana Power of Attorney form to let someone make legal and financial decisions for you.

Updated November 10, 2020

Power of attorney is the legal authority for another individual or entity to make decisions on your behalf. It’s also the name of the form that grants this power.

You can use a power of attorney form to have someone sign paperwork and manage your affairs when you’re unable to, for example while you’re traveling, or because your health prevents you.

The person assigning power of attorney is the “principal” and the person chosen to make decisions is the “agent.”

Find your Louisiana (LA) power of attorney form by type and use below.

Table of Contents
  1. Louisiana (LA) Power of Attorney Documents
  2. How to Get a Power of Attorney in Louisiana

Louisiana (LA) Power of Attorney Documents

Louisiana power of attorney form

Louisiana General/Financial Power of Attorney

If you wish to nominate an agent to take care of your financial business, you can do so with a general/financial power of attorney.

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Louisiana medical power of attorney form

Louisiana Medical Power of Attorney

If you lose the capacity to make decisions, an advance directive or a medical power of attorney gives legal authority to your caregivers to carry out your medical wishes. Get a Louisiana Medical POA below.

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Louisiana Durable Power of Attorney 

Louisiana Durable Power of Attorney 

A durable power of attorney remains in force if you (the principal) become incapacitated.

All powers of attorney created under the Louisiana Civil Code are assumed to be durable unless the document explicitly states otherwise.

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Louisiana Limited (Special) Power of Attorney form

Louisiana Limited (Special) Power of Attorney 

A limited (special) power of attorney specifies the authority an agent or proxy has when managing another person's affairs.

The Louisiana Limited POA form below contains a list of powers to be transferred to your agent. To create a limited power of attorney, sign only against the list items (powers) you wish to transfer to your agent.

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Louisiana Springing Power of Attorney form

Louisiana Springing Power of Attorney 

This type of power of attorney “springs” into effect in a certain situation, and ends at a specified time.

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Louisiana Power of Attorney for Minor Child

To ensure that a trusted third party may take temporary parental responsibility (for medical matters) for a child younger than 18, the parent may set up a power of attorney for a minor child.

Louisiana Power of Attorney to Transfer Motor Vehicle

To ensure that your agent may make decisions on your behalf in transactions relating only to motor vehicles, you should use a Louisiana DMV power of attorney.

How to Get a Power of Attorney in Louisiana

To set up a power of attorney, both the agent and principal fill out and sign a power of attorney form.

Louisiana Civil Code Articles 2985-3032 regulate durable powers of attorney in Louisiana. The forms on this page are compliant with this section of Louisiana Civil Code.

Louisiana POA Requirements

For a power of attorney to be legally binding in the state of Louisiana, the document must meet the following requirements:

  1. The POA document must include:
    • name of the principal
    • name of the agent(s), referred to as the mandatary by Louisiana law
    • what powers are granted to the agent
    • when the powers begin and end
    • the principal’s signature
  2. It is not required, but recommended that the document be signed by two witnesses and a notary public in order to be valid in all states.

Express permission must be given to alienate, acquire, encumber, or lease something. For a full list of specific scenarios which require express permission, reference article 2997.

If an individual wishes to reverse a power of attorney, they may do so by completing a revocation of power of attorney document.

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