{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-457.100","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 457.100","heading":"Termination of power of attorney or agent's authority.","body":"(1) A power of attorney terminates when:\n(a) The principal dies;\n(b) The principal becomes incapacitated, if the power of attorney is not durable;\n(c) A court appoints a limited conservator, conservator, limited guardian, or\nguardian of the principal's estate or other fiduciary charged with the\nmanagement of some or all of the principal's property, unless the court\nspecifically provides that the power of attorney shall remain in effect;\n(d) The principal revokes the power of attorney or, if the power of attorne y was\nfiled, the principal revokes the power of attorney in accordance with KRS\n382.370;\n(e) The power of attorney provides that it terminates;\n(f) For a power of attorney that specifically states a purpose, the purpose of the\npower of attorney is accomplished; or\n(g) The principal revokes the agent's authority or the agent dies, becomes\nincapacitated, or resigns, and the power of attorney does not provide for\nanother agent to act under the power of attorney.\n(2) An agent's authority terminates when:\n(a) The principal revokes the authority;\n(b) The agent dies, becomes incapacitated, or resigns;\n(c) An action is filed for the dissolution or annulment of the agent's marriage to\nthe principal or their legal separation, unless the power of attorney otherwise\nprovides; or\n(d) The power of attorney terminates.\n(3) Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, an agent's authority is exercisable\nuntil the authority terminates under subsection (2) of this section, notwithstanding a\nlapse of time since the execution of the power of attorney.\n(4) Termination of an agent's authority or of a power of attorney is not effective as to\nthe agent or another person that, without actual knowledge of the termination, acts\nin good faith under the power of attorney. An act so performed, unless otherwise\ninvalid or unenforceable, binds the principal and the principal's successors in\ninterest.\n(5) Incapacity of the principal of a power of attorney that is not durable does not revoke\nor terminate the power of attorney as to an agent or other person that, without actual\nknowledge of the incapacity, acts in good faith under the power of attorney. An act\nso performed, unless otherwise invalid or unenforceable, binds the principal and the\nprincipal's successors in interest.\n(6) The execution of a power of attorney does  not revoke a power of attorney\npreviously executed by the principal unless the subsequent power of attorney\nprovides that the previous power of attorney is revoked or that all other powers of\nattorney are revoked.","path":["KRS Chapter 457"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48270","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:59Z","sha256":"50d5a540b9144259f6c0478ecf1453d0bbdecc8d2bf8f0bd545cffea14fd3b38","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-457.090","next":"us-ky/krs-457.110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}