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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 384.010: Power of attorney given by member of Armed Forces or person outside

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  1. KRS Chapter 384

United States in war activity, when revoked by death.

No agency created by a power of attorney in writing given by a principal who is at the

time of execution, or who, after executing such power of attorney, becomes, either

(a) A member of the armed forces of the United States, or

(b) A person serving as a merchant seaman outside the limits of the United States,

or

(c) A person outside said limits by permission, assignment or direct ion of any

department or official of the United States government, in connection with

any activity pertaining to or connected with the prosecution of any war in

which the United States is then engaged, shall be revoked or terminated by the

death of the pri ncipal, as to the agent or other person who, without actual

knowledge or actual notice of the death of the principal, shall have acted or

shall act, in good faith, under or in reliance upon such power of attorney or

agency, and any action so taken, unless otherwise invalid or unenforceable,

shall be binding on the heirs, devisees, legatees, or personal representatives of

the principal.

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