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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86198</law_id><section_number>64.2-1608</section_number><catch_line>Termination of power of attorney or agent&amp;#8217;s authority</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Fiduciaries and Guardians</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Powers of Attorney</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="16">Uniform Power of Attorney Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> terminates when: <a id="paragraph-308752" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1608/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">principal</span> dies; <a id="paragraph-308753" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1608/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">principal</span> becomes a vulnerable adult, if the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> is not durable; <a id="paragraph-308754" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1608/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The <span class="dictionary">principal</span> revokes the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span>; <a id="paragraph-308755" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1608/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> provides that it terminates; <a id="paragraph-308756" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1608/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The purpose of the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> is accomplished; or <a id="paragraph-308757" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1608/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> The <span class="dictionary">principal</span> revokes the <span class="dictionary">agent</span>&#x2019;s authority or the <span class="dictionary">agent</span> dies, becomes a vulnerable adult, or resigns, and the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> does not provide for another <span class="dictionary">agent</span> to act under the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span>. <a id="paragraph-308758" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1608/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> An <span class="dictionary">agent</span>&#x2019;s authority terminates when: <a id="paragraph-308759" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1608/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">principal</span> revokes the authority; <a id="paragraph-308760" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1608/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">agent</span> dies, becomes a vulnerable adult, or resigns; <a id="paragraph-308761" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1608/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Unless the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> otherwise provides, an action is filed (i) for the divorce or <span class="dictionary">annulment</span> of the <span class="dictionary">agent</span>&#x2019;s marriage to the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> or their legal separation, (ii) by either the <span class="dictionary">agent</span> or <span class="dictionary">principal</span> for separate maintenance from the other, or (iii) by either the <span class="dictionary">agent</span> or <span class="dictionary">principal</span> for <span class="dictionary">custody</span> or visitation of a child in common with the other; <a id="paragraph-308762" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1608/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The <span class="dictionary">agent</span> is convicted of financial exploitation of the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Financial exploitation by an agent; penalty" href="/18.2-178.2/">18.2-178.2</a>; or <a id="paragraph-308763" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1608/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> terminates. <a id="paragraph-308764" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1608/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Unless the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> otherwise provides, an <span class="dictionary">agent</span>&#x2019;s authority is exercisable until the authority terminates under subsection B, notwithstanding a lapse of time since the execution of the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span>. <a id="paragraph-308765" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1608/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Termination of an <span class="dictionary">agent</span>&#x2019;s authority or of a <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> is not effective as to the <span class="dictionary">agent</span> or another <span class="dictionary">person</span> that, without actual knowledge of the termination, acts in <span class="dictionary">good faith</span> under the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span>. An act so performed, unless otherwise invalid or unenforceable, binds the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> and the <span class="dictionary">principal</span>&#x2019;s successors in interest. <a id="paragraph-308766" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1608/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> <span class="dictionary">Incapacity</span> of the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> of a <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> that is not durable does not revoke or terminate the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> as to an <span class="dictionary">agent</span> or other <span class="dictionary">person</span> that, without actual knowledge of the <span class="dictionary">incapacity</span>, acts in <span class="dictionary">good faith</span> under the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span>. An act so performed, unless otherwise invalid or unenforceable, binds the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> and the <span class="dictionary">principal</span>&#x2019;s successors in interest. <a id="paragraph-308767" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1608/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> The execution of a <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> does not revoke a <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> previously executed by the <span class="dictionary">principal</span> unless the subsequent <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> provides that the previous <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> is revoked or that all other powers of attorney are revoked. <a id="paragraph-308768" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-1608/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2010, cc. 455, 632, &#xA7; 26-81; 2012, cc. 57, 614; 2022, cc. 397, 654.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
