KRS 457.050: Execution of power of attorney.

(1) A power of attorney shall be signed by the principal or in the principal's conscious

presence by another individual directed by the principal to sign the principal's name

on the power of attorney. If signed in the principal's conscious presence by another

individual, the reason for this method of signing shall be stated in the power of

attorney.

(2) A signature on a power of attorney is presumed to be genuine if the principal

acknowledges the signature before a notary public or other individual authorized b y

law to take acknowledgments.