Fill and Sign the General Durable Power of Attorney for Property and Finances or Financial Effective Upon Disability New Hampshire Form

STATUTORY POWER OF ATTORNEY INFORMATION CONCERNING THE POWER OF ATTORNEY THIS IS AN IMPORTANT LEGAL DOCUMENT. BEFORE SIGNING THIS DOCUMENT YOU SHOULD KNOW THESE IMPORTANT FACTS: Notice to the Principal: As the "Principal," you are using this Power of Attorney to grant power to another person (called the "Agent") to make decisions, including, but not limited to, decisions concerning your money, property, or both, and to use your money, property, or both on your behalf. If this Power of Attorney does not limit the powers that you give to your Agent, your Agent will have broad and sweeping powers to sell or otherwise dispose of your property, and to spend your money without advance notice to you or approval by you. Unless you have expressly provided otherwise in this Power of Attorney, your Agent will have these powers before you become incapacitated, and unless you have expressly provided otherwise in this Power of Attorney, your Agent will continue to have these powers after you become incapacitated. You have the right to retain this Power of Attorney and to release it later or to request that another person retain this Power of Attorney on your behalf and release it only if one or more conditions specified in advance by you are satisfied. You have the right to revoke or take back this Power of Attorney at any time, so long as you are of sound mind. If there is anything about this Power of Attorney that you do not understand, you should seek professional advice. _________________________________________ Principal Date: _________________________ DESIGNATION OF AGENT I, _____________________________________ (Name of Principal), of _____________________________________ (Address of Principal), name the following person as my agent: _____________________________________ (Name of Agent) of _____________________________________ (Agent's Address). DESIGNATION OF SUCCESSOR AGENT(S)(Optional) If my agent is unable or unwilling to act for me, I name the following person as my successor agent: _____________________________________ (Name of Successor Agent) of _____________________________________ (Successor Agent's Address). If my successor agent is unable or unwilling to act for me, I name the following person as my second successor agent: _____________________________________ (Name of Second Successor Agent) of _____________________________________ (Second Successor Agent's Address). EFFECTIVENESS OF POWER OF ATTORNEY : This instrument is to be construed and interpreted as a general durable power of attorney effective only upon my disability, incompetency or incapacity . It is my intent that the authority conferred herein upon my Agent shall be exercisable only upon my subsequent disability, incompetency or incapacity. No person who may act in reliance upon the authority granted to my Agent herein shall incur any liability to me or my estate as a result of permitting my Agent to exercise any such power. REVOCATION OF EXISTING POWERS OF ATTORNEY (Initial the following statement if it is your choice.) _______ This Power of Attorney revokes all existing powers of attorney previously executed by me. GRANT OF GENERAL AUTHORITY (Initial beside your choice of A or B, but not both.) _____ A. I grant my agent general authority to act for me in all matters, including, without limitation, all of the subjects enumerated in B below. _____ B. I grant my agent general authority over the following subjects as defined in the following sections of the Uniform Power of Attorney Act: (Initial each subject you want to include in the agent's general authority.) _____ Real Property as defined in RSA 564-E:204 _____ Tangible Personal Property as defined in RSA 564-E:205 _____ Stocks and Bonds as defined in RSA 564-E:206 _____ Commodities and Options as defined in RSA 564-E:207 _____ Banks and Other Financial Institutions as defined in RSA 564-E:208 _____ Operation of Entity or Business as defined in RSA 564-E:209 _____ Insurance and Annuities as defined in RSA 564-E:210 _____ Estates, Trusts and Other Beneficial Interests as defined in RSA 564-E:211 _____ Claims and Litigation as defined in RSA 564-E:212 _____ Personal and Family Maintenance as defined in RSA 564-E:213 _____ Benefits from Governmental Programs or Civil or Military Service as defined in RSA 564-E:214 _____ Retirement Plans as defined in RSA 564-E:215 _____ Taxes as defined in RSA 564-E:216 _____ Digital Assets NH Stat. 564-E:301 Statutory Form Power of Attorney. GRANT OF SPECIFIC AUTHORITY (OPTIONAL) (Initial each subject you want to include in the agent's authority. CAUTION: As to some of the following subjects, granting your agent authority will give your agent the authority to take actions that could significantly reduce your property or change how your property is distributed at your death.) My agent MAY NOT do any of the following specific acts for me UNLESS I have INITIALED the specific authority listed below: _____ Create, amend, revoke, or terminate an inter vivos trust _____ Make a gift, subject to the limitations of RSA 564-E:217 of the Uniform Power of Attorney Act (If you have granted your agent the authority to make a gift, then as to each of the following statements, initial beside it if it is your choice.) _____ My agent may make a gift, even if it will leave me without sufficient assets or income to provide for my care without relying on Medicaid, other public assistance or charity. _____ My agent may make a gift to himself or herself and to any individual to whom my agent owes a legal obligation of support. _____ Create or change rights of survivorship _____ Create or change a beneficiary designation _____ Delegate authority granted under this Power of Attorney to another person _____ Waive my right to be a beneficiary of a joint and survivor annuity, including a survivor benefit under a retirement plan _____ Exercise the fiduciary power(s) that I have the authority to delegate as specified in the "Special Instructions" in Paragraph 7 of this Power of Attorney _____ Exercise authority over the content of electronic communication sent or received by me _____ Exercise authority with respect to intellectual property, including, without limitation, copyrights, contracts for payment of royalties, and trademarks 6. LIMITATION ON AGENT'S AUTHORITY (OTHER THAN GIFTING) (If an agent (including successor agent) named in this Power of Attorney is someone other than an ancestor of yours, your spouse, or a descendant of yours, you must initial the following statement if it is your choice that such agent have the following authority. An agent who is an ancestor of yours, your spouse, or a descendant of yours already has the following authority under New Hampshire law.) _____ My agent may exercise authority under this Power of Attorney to create in my agent, or in an individual to whom my agent owes a legal obligation of support, an interest in my property by any manner (other than a gift), including, without limitation, by right of survivorship, beneficiary designation, or disclaimer. LIMITATION ON AGENT'S AUTHORITY (OTHER THAN GIFTING) (If an agent (including successor agent) named in this Power of Attorney is someone other than an ancestor of yours, your spouse, or a descendant of yours, you must initial the following statement if it is your choice that such agent have the following authority. An agent who is an ancestor of yours, your spouse, or a descendant of yours already has the following authority under New Hampshire law.) _____ My agent may exercise authority under this Power of Attorney to create in my agent, or in an individual to whom my agent owes a legal obligation of support, an interest in my property by any manner (other than a gift), including, without limitation, by right of survivorship, beneficiary designation, or disclaimer. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS (OPTIONAL) (Here you may include special instructions. You may leave this Paragraph blank. You may attach additional pages as necessary.) ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ EFFECTIVE DATE AND AUTHORITY OF AGENT This Power of Attorney is effective immediately unless I have stated otherwise in the Special Instructions above in this Power of Attorney. An agent (including successor agent) named in this Power of Attorney will have no authority to act as my agent until he or she has signed and affixed to this Power of Attorney an acknowledgment that is substantially the same as the Acknowledgment at the end of this Power of Attorney. GOVERNING LAW This Power of Attorney shall be governed by the laws of the State of New Hampshire. RELIANCE ON THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY Any person, including my agent, may rely upon this Power of Attorney if it is acknowledged before a notary public or other individual authorized to take acknowledgements (or a copy of the acknowledged Power of Attorney), unless that person knows it is void, invalid, or terminated. SIGNATURE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT (You must date and sign this Power of Attorney. If you are physically unable to sign, it may be signed by someone else writing your name, in your presence and at your express direction. This Power of Attorney must be acknowledged before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments.) _______________________________________ Principal's Signature Principal's Printed Name: _____________________________________ Principal's Address: _____________________________________ Date: _____________________________________ STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE COUNTY OF _____________________________________ The foregoing Power of Attorney was acknowledged before me on ___________________, by _____________________________________ , known to me or satisfactorily proven to be the person named herein. _____________________________________ Signature of Notarial Officer Title (and Rank): _____________________________________ My commission expires: ________________________ AGENT ACKNOWLEDGMENT Notice to Agent: You will have no authority to act as agent under this Power of Attorney until you sign and affix this acknowledgment to the Power of Attorney. I, _____________________________________ , have read the attached power of attorney and am the person identified as the agent for the principal. I hereby acknowledge that when I act as agent I am given power under the power of attorney to make decisions about money, property, or both belonging to the principal, and to spend the principal's money, property, or both on the principal's behalf, in accordance with the terms of the power of attorney. When acting as agent, I have duties (called "fiduciary duties") to act in the principal's best interest, to act in good faith, and to act only within the scope of authority granted in the power of attorney, as well as other duties imposed by law to the extent not provided otherwise in the power of attorney. As an agent, I am not entitled to use the money or property for my own benefit or to make gifts to myself or others unless the power of attorney specifically gives me the authority to do so. As an agent, my authority under the power of attorney will end when the principal dies and I will not have authority to manage or dispose of any property or administer the estate of the principal. If I violate a fiduciary duty under the power of attorney, I may be liable for damages and may be subject to criminal prosecution. If there is anything about this power of attorney, or my duties under it, that I do not understand, I understand that I should seek professional advice. __________________________________________ Agent's Signature Date: _____________________________________