KRS 457.270: Real property.

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting

general authority with respect to real property authorizes the agent to:

(1) Demand, buy, lease, receive, accept as a gift or as security for an extension of

credit, or otherwise acquire or reject an interest in real property or a right incident to

real property;

(2) Sell; exchange; convey with or without covenants, representations, or warranties;

quitclaim; release; surrender; retain title for security; encumber; part ition; consent

to partitioning; subject to an easement or covenant; subdivide; apply for zoning or

other governmental permits; plat or consent to platting; develop; grant an option

concerning; lease; sublease; contribute to an entity in exchange for an int erest in

that entity; or otherwise grant or dispose of an interest in real property or a right

incident to real property;

(3) Pledge or mortgage an interest in real property or right incident to real property as

security to borrow money or pay, renew, or e xtend the time of payment of a debt of

the principal or a debt guaranteed by the principal;

(4) Release, assign, satisfy, or enforce by litigation or otherwise a mortgage, deed of

trust, conditional sale contract, encumbrance, lien, or other claim to real property

which exists or is asserted;

(5) Manage or conserve an interest in real property or a right incident to real property

owned or claimed to be owned by the principal, including:

(a) Insuring against liability or casualty or other loss;

(b) Obtaining or regaining possession of or protecting the interest or right by

litigation or otherwise;

(c) Paying, assessing, compromising, or contesting taxes or assessments or

applying for and receiving refunds in connection with them; and

(d) Purchasing supplies, hiring assistance or labor, and making repairs or

alterations to the real property;

(6) Use, develop, alter, replace, remove, erect, or install structures or other

improvements upon real property in or incident to which the principal has, or claims

to have, an interest or right;

(7) Participate in a reorganization with respect to real property or an entity that owns an

interest in or right incident to real property and receive, and hold, and act with

respect to stocks and bonds or other property received in a plan of reorganization,

including:

(a) Selling or otherwise disposing of them;

(b) Exercising or selling an option, right of conversion, or similar right with

respect to them; and

(c) Exercising any voting rights in person or by proxy;

(8) Change the form of title of an interest in or right incident to real property; and

(9) Dedicate to public use, with or without consideration, easements or other real

property in which the principal has, or claims to have, an interest.