Plan for the future and protect your interests with a statutory short form Durable General Power of Attorney for the State of New York, under New York General Obligations Law, Article 5, Title 15. This Power of Attorney is effective immediately and remains in effect even if you become disabled or incompetent. You may choose to grant your attorney-in-fact the power to deal with:

• real estate,
  
• banking and financial transactions,
  
• stocks and bonds,
  
• personal property,
  
• insurance,
  
• pension and employment benefits,
  
• tax matters,
  
• legal matters,
  
• business operations.

This Power of Attorney does NOT give your attorney-in-fact the authority to make health care or other medical decisions.

This New York Durable General Immediate Power of Attorney form is provided in MS Word format, and is easy to download, fill in and print.