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General Power of Attorney

To let someone manage your property and everyday affairs, for example while you work abroad. It covers only the day-to-day running of things (acts of administration), not selling or mortgaging.

You

In years, for example 34.

Your Attorney-in-Fact

In years, for example 34.

What It Covers

For example, my house and lot in Barangay Sabang, Lipa City, and my sari-sari store there. Leave it empty to cover all your property and affairs.

For example: To hire and pay caretakers and farm workers. Leave it empty to skip.

For example, 31 December 2027. Leave it empty if it lasts until you cancel it.

Where

ID

For example, Philippine passport No. P1234567A.

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GENERAL POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

I, principal's full name, age years old, Filipino, civil status, and residing at principal's address, do hereby name, constitute and appoint attorney-in-fact's full name, age years old, Filipino, and residing at attorney-in-fact's address, to be my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead, to manage and administer all my property and affairs, and in particular:

  1. To take charge of, keep, maintain and make necessary repairs to my property;
  2. To collect and receive rents, income and sums of money due to me, and to issue receipts for them;
  3. To pay real property taxes, utility bills, association dues and other ordinary obligations relating to my property;
  4. To lease my property for a period of not more than one (1) year, and to sign the Lease Contracts and receipts for it;
  5. To represent me before barangay, city or municipal offices, government agencies, utility companies and private persons in matters of ordinary administration of my property;
  6. To receive and sign for my mail, parcels and documents;

HEREBY GIVING AND GRANTING unto my said attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform every act necessary to carry out the foregoing acts of administration, as fully as I could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that my attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do by virtue of these presents. This power does not include the power to sell, mortgage, donate or otherwise dispose of or encumber my property, or any other act for which the law requires a Special Power of Attorney.

This General Power of Attorney shall remain valid until I revoke it in writing.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ____ day of ______________ 20___ at city or municipality, Philippines.

principal's full name
Principal

SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF:


Witness

Witness

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
city or municipality ) S.S.

BEFORE ME, a Notary Public for and in city or municipality, this ____ day of ______________ 20___, personally appeared principal's full name, with ID type and number, known to me and to me known to be the same person who executed the foregoing General Power of Attorney, and who acknowledged to me that the same is the principal's free and voluntary act and deed.

This instrument, consisting of ____ pages including this page on which the acknowledgment is written, has been signed by the principal and the instrumental witnesses on each and every page.

WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL on the date and at the place first above written.

Doc. No. ______;
Page No. ______;
Book No. ______;
Series of 20___.

NOTARY PUBLIC

Before You Print

  • Not legal advice. This is a general form. For your own situation, consult a lawyer, especially if your case is unusual or a lot of money is involved.
  • You will sign it before the notary and confirm you signed it freely (this is called an acknowledgment).
  • Do not sign it yet. You sign in front of the notary, with a valid government ID.
  • A General Power of Attorney covers only day-to-day management (acts of administration), even if it says you hold back no power (Civil Code, Article 1877). To sell, mortgage or donate property, borrow or lend money, lease land for more than one year, or do the other acts listed in Article 1878, you need a Special Power of Attorney (SPA) that names each act.
  • Banks, the BIR, the Registry of Deeds and other offices often ask for an SPA for a specific transaction anyway. Ask the office what it accepts.
  • If you sign it abroad, sign it before a Philippine embassy or consulate, or before a local notary and then get an apostille. See the guide Apostille.

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