{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-556.403","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 556.403","heading":"Certification of validity of power of attorney by agent or attorney at law.","body":"Sec. 303.\n\nThe following optional template may be used by an agent or an attorney at law who represents either the agent or the principal to certify facts concerning a power of attorney:\n\nCERTIFICATION AS TO THE VALIDITY OF POWER OF ATTORNEY AND AGENT'S AUTHORITY State of _____________________________ [County] of ___________________________ I, _____________________________________________ (Name of Certifier), certify under penalty of perjury that __________________________________________(Name of Principal) granted _____________________________________________ (Name of Agent) authority as an agent or successor agent in a power of attorney dated _____________________. I further certify that to my knowledge: (1) The Principal is alive and has not revoked the Power of Attorney or the Agent's authority to act under the Power and the Power and the Agent's authority to act under the Power have not otherwise terminated; (2) If the Power of Attorney was drafted to become effective upon the happening of a specified event or contingency, the specified event or contingency has occurred; (3) If the Agent was named as a successor agent, the prior agent is unable or unwilling to serve; and (4)________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (Insert other relevant statements. You may attach separate sheets if additional space is needed.) SIGNATURE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT ________________________________ _______________ Certifier's Signature Date ________________________________ Certifier's Name Printed ________________________________ Certifier's Capacity (as Agent, attorney at law for Agent, or attorney at law for Principal) ________________________________ Certifier's Address ________________________________ Certifier's Telephone Number This document was acknowledged before me on _______________, (Date) by ____________________________________________. (Name of Certifier) ________________________________ (Seal, if any) Signature of Notary My commission expires: _______________ This document prepared by: __________________________________________________________________\n\nCERTIFICATION AS TO THE VALIDITY OF POWER OF ATTORNEY AND AGENT'S AUTHORITY\n\nState of _____________________________\n\n[County] of ___________________________\n\nI, _____________________________________________ (Name of Certifier), certify under penalty of perjury that __________________________________________(Name of Principal) granted _____________________________________________ (Name of Agent) authority as an agent or successor agent in a power of attorney dated _____________________.\n\nI further certify that to my knowledge:\n\n(1) The Principal is alive and has not revoked the Power of Attorney or the Agent's authority to act under the Power and the Power and the Agent's authority to act under the Power have not otherwise terminated;\n\n(2) If the Power of Attorney was drafted to become effective upon the happening of a specified event or contingency, the specified event or contingency has occurred;\n\n(3) If the Agent was named as a successor agent, the prior agent is unable or unwilling to serve; and\nt's authority to act under the Power and the Power and the Agent's authority to act under the Power have not otherwise terminated;\n\n(2) If the Power of Attorney was drafted to become effective upon the happening of a specified event or contingency, the specified event or contingency has occurred;\n\n(3) If the Agent was named as a successor agent, the prior agent is unable or unwilling to serve; and\n\n(4)________________________________________________________________________________________________________\n\n(Insert other relevant statements. You may attach separate sheets if additional space is needed.)\n\nSIGNATURE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT\n\n________________________________\n\n_______________\n\nCertifier's Signature\n\nDate\n\n________________________________\n\nCertifier's Name Printed\n\n________________________________\n\nCertifier's Capacity (as Agent, attorney at law for Agent, or attorney at law for Principal)\n\n________________________________\n\nCertifier's Address\n\n________________________________\n\nCertifier's Telephone Number\n\nThis document was acknowledged before me on _______________,\n\n(Date)\n\nby ____________________________________________.\n\n(Name of Certifier)\n\n________________________________\n\n(Seal, if any)\n\nSignature of Notary\n\nMy commission expires: _______________\n\nThis document prepared by:\n\n__________________________________________________________________","path":["MI Code","Chapter 556","Act Act-187-of-2023"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-556-403","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"61bea9dcf5cd4e0329de1130b919b64c389cd7fbcfff7974029f041db977bb3a","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-556.402","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-556.501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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