{"data":{"id":"us-vt/14-v.s.a.-4005","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"14 V.S.A. § 4005","heading":"Execution of power of attorney","body":"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. 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 by law to take acknowledgments.","path":["Title 14: Decedents Estates and Fiduciary Relations","Chapter 127: Vermont Uniform Power of Attorney Act","Subchapter 001: GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/14/127/04005","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:16:59Z","sha256":"970a15310c59f21652f72f8180b984a433d8aca6ebee365cd339d4fd97cad94c","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/14-v.s.a.-4004","next":"us-vt/14-v.s.a.-4006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}