{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-3024","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-3024","heading":"Authority that requires specific grant – Grant of general","body":"authority.\n\nA. An agent under a power of attorney may do the following on\n\nbehalf of the principal or with the principal's property only if the\n\npower of attorney expressly grants the agent the authority and\n\nexercise of the authority is not otherwise prohibited by another\n\nagreement or instrument to which the authority or property is\n\nsubject:\n\n1. Create, amend, revoke or terminate an inter vivos trust;\n\n2. Make a gift;\n\n3. Create or change rights of survivorship;\n\n4. Create or change a beneficiary designation;\n\n5. Delegate authority granted under the power of attorney;\n\n6. Waive the principal's right to be a beneficiary of a joint\n\nand survivor annuity, including a survivor benefit under a\n\nretirement plan;\n\n7. Exercise fiduciary powers that the principal has authority\n\nto delegate;\n\n8. Exercise authority over the content of electronic\n\ncommunications, as defined in 18 U.S.C., Section 2510(12), as\n\namended, sent or received by the principal; or\n\n9. Disclaim property, including a power of appointment.\n\nB. Notwithstanding a grant of authority to do an act described\n\nin subsection A of this section, unless the power of attorney\n\notherwise provides, an agent that is not an ancestor, spouse or\n\ndescendant of the principal may not exercise authority under a power\n\nof attorney to create in the agent, or in an individual to whom the\n\nagent owes a legal obligation of support, an interest in the\n\nprincipal's property, whether by gift, right of survivorship,\n\nbeneficiary designation, disclaimer or otherwise.\n\nC. Subject to subsections A, B, D and E of this section, if a\n\npower of attorney grants to an agent authority to do all acts that a\n\nprincipal could do, the agent has the general authority described in\n\nSections 27 through 39 of this act.\n\nD. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, a grant of\n\nauthority to make a gift is subject to Section 40 of this act.\n\nE. Subject to subsections A, B and D of this section, if the\n\nsubjects over which authority is granted in a power of attorney are\n\nsimilar or overlap, the broadest authority controls.\n\nF. Authority granted in a power of attorney is exercisable with\n\nrespect to property that the principal has when the power of\n\nattorney is executed or acquires later, whether or not the property\n\nis located in this state and whether or not the authority is\n\nexercised or the power of attorney is executed in this state.\n\nG. An act performed by an agent pursuant to a power of attorney\n\nhas the same effect and inures to the benefit of and binds the\n\nprincipal and the principal's successors in interest as if the\n\nprincipal had performed the act.","path":["OK Code","Title 58"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os58.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"d98887db2ff1fac8b201277a611743710aa9127f37edd31217a3ccf41749e67d","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-3023","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-3025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}