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Effective Jan 1, 1995Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 307, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 1995.
(a) A third person who acts in good faith reliance on a power of attorney is not liable to the principal or to any other person for so acting if all of the following requirements are satisfied:
- (1) The power of attorney is presented to the third person by the attorney-in-fact designated in the power of attorney.
- (2) The power of attorney appears on its face to be valid.
- (3) The power of attorney includes a notary public’s certificate of acknowledgment or is signed by two witnesses.
- (b) Nothing in this section is intended to create an implication that a third person is liable for acting in reliance on a power of attorney under circumstances where the requirements of subdivision (a) are not satisfied. Nothing in this section affects any immunity that may otherwise exist apart from this section.