                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY-IN-FACT BY MARRIED PERSON; EFFECT OF WRITING EXECUTED BY
SUCH ATTORNEY (§ 55.1-207)

A married person, whether a resident of the Commonwealth or not, may, by power
of attorney duly executed and acknowledged as prescribed in § 55.1-612 or
55.1-613, appoint an attorney-in-fact to execute and acknowledge, for him and in
his name, any deed or other writing that he might execute. Every deed or other
writing so executed by such attorney-in-fact in pursuance of such power of
attorney while the same remains in force shall be valid and effectual, in all
respects, to convey the interest and title of such married person in and to any
real estate thereby conveyed or otherwise transferred.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5215; 1940, p. 53; Code 1950, § 55-43; 1990, c. 831;
2019, c. 712.