                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VALIDITY OF POWER OF ATTORNEY (§ 64.2-1604)

A. A power of attorney executed in the Commonwealth on or after July 1, 2010, is
valid if its execution complies with &#xA7; 64.2-1603.

B. A power of attorney executed in the Commonwealth before July 1, 2010, is
valid if its execution complied with the law of the Commonwealth as it existed
at the time of execution.

C. A power of attorney executed other than in the Commonwealth is valid in the
Commonwealth if, when the power of attorney was executed, the execution complied
with (i) the law of the jurisdiction that determines the meaning and effect of
the power of attorney pursuant to &#xA7; 64.2-1605; (ii) the requirements for a
military power of attorney pursuant to 10 U.S.C. &#xA7; 1044b, as amended; or
(iii) the laws of the Commonwealth.

D. Except as otherwise provided by statute other than this chapter, a photocopy
or electronically transmitted copy of an original power of attorney has the same
effect as the original.

E. An agent in possession of a general, special, or limited power of attorney or
other writing vesting any power or authority in him shall, where the instrument
is otherwise valid, be deemed to possess the powers and authority granted by
such instrument notwithstanding any failure of the principal to deliver the
instrument to him, and persons dealing with such agent shall have no obligation
to inquire into the manner or circumstances by which such possession was
acquired, provided, however, that nothing herein shall preclude the court from
considering such manner or circumstances as relevant factors in any proceeding
brought to terminate, suspend, or limit the authority of the agent.

HISTORY: 2010, cc. 455, 632, § 26-77; 2012, c. 614.