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Free Massachusetts Power of Attorney Forms

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

Updated January 9, 2023

Power of attorney is the legal authority to make decisions for someone else. It’s also the name of the document that grants this power.

Use a power of attorney form to allow somebody else to act legally on your behalf for medical, business, legal, real estate, or tax issues.

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

Find your Massachusetts (MA) power of attorney form by type below.

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Massachusetts (MA) Power of Attorney Documents

Massachusetts power of attorney form

A general power of attorney gives an agent broad powers to handle your affairs. This type of POA is often called a financial power of attorney because it’s commonly used for day-to-day financial matters.

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Massachusetts General/Financial Power of Attorney

Massachusetts medical power of attorney form

A Massachusetts durable power of attorney for health care, also known as an advance directive or a medical power of attorney, provides legal clarity to doctors and caregivers on how to manage your care if you are unable to make decisions yourself.

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Massachusetts Medical Power of Attorney

Massachusetts Durable Power of Attorney form

A durable power of attorney remains valid if the principal becomes incapacitated, whereas a non-durable power of attorney does not.

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Massachusetts Durable Power of Attorney 

Massachusetts Limited (Special) Power of Attorney form

A limited power of attorney form allows you to give powers to an agent for a certain task (such as signing paperwork), and typically ends when the task has been completed.

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Massachusetts Limited (Special) Power of Attorney 

Massachusetts Springing Power of Attorney form

This type of power of attorney “springs” into effect in a certain situation, and ends at a time you specify (such as if you become incapacitated).

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Massachusetts Springing Power of Attorney 

Massachusetts Real Estate Power of Attorney

To ensure that your agent may act on your behalf only in decisions and transactions associated with your property, you should set up a limited power of attorney known as a real estate power of attorney.

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Massachusetts Department of Revenue Power of Attorney

You may use a department of revenue power of attorney to nominate a third party to represent you in your tax affairs, including filing taxes.

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How to Get Power of Attorney in Massachusetts

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

MGL c.190B § 5 regulates durable powers of attorney in Massachusetts. The forms on this page are compliant with this section of the Massachusetts General Laws.

Massachusetts POA Requirements

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

  1. The POA document must list the following:
    • name, SSN, and address of the principal
    • name and full contact information of the agent(s)
    • date of the agreement
    • specific powers you wish to include or exclude (if any)
    • when the powers begin and end
  2. Witness Requirements: The POA document must be signed by the principal, a notary public, or two disinterested witnesses.

 

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