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In a Power of Attorney, the person you appoint is often called your “agent” or “attorney-in-fact.” Despite the title, that person generally does not have to be a licensed attorney. An agent is someone you trust and legally authorize to act on your behalf for the specific matters described in the document.

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What It Is:
A Durable Financial Power of Attorney authorizes a trusted agent to handle the financial and property matters selected in the document. “Durable” means the authority generally continues if the principal later becomes incapacitated.
Common Intended Uses:
Managing bank accounts, paying bills, handling personal property, dealing with insurance, operating a business, managing investments, or completing authorized real-estate transactions.
Free and Free-Trial Document Sources:
View the Arkansas Durable POA at DoYourOwnWill
Compare Arkansas POA Forms at eForms
Source note: DoYourOwnWill identifies this as an Arkansas durable financial POA and provides the Arkansas statutory-form text. eForms also offers downloadable Arkansas durable/statutory formats and a guided service.
Free 7-day trial: Cancel before the trial ends if you do not want a paid subscription. Review eForms’ current terms before enrolling.
Important:
Some powers—including gifts, beneficiary changes, trusts, survivorship rights, and delegation—may require specific authorization. Consider consulting an Arkansas attorney when granting extensive authority.
What It Is:
A General Power of Attorney grants an agent broad authority over financial and property matters. “General” describes the breadth of the authority. It does not automatically mean the document is durable.
Common Intended Use:
Allowing a trusted person to manage several financial, business, personal-property, or real-estate matters while the principal is available but unable or unavailable to handle them personally.
Free and Free-Trial Document Sources:
View General POA Forms at DoYourOwnWill
View the Arkansas General POA at eForms
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Important: This general form is intended to end upon incapacity. “General” describes broad authority; users should read the actual document language rather than rely only on the title.
What It Is:
A Limited or Special Power of Attorney authorizes an agent to perform only the particular act or transaction described in the document.
Common Intended Use:
Signing a specific document, completing one financial transaction, handling a defined property matter, retrieving records, or acting during a limited period of absence.
Free and Free-Trial Document Sources:
Create or Download an Arkansas Limited POA at eForms
Free 7-day trial: Cancel before the trial ends if you do not want a paid subscription. Review eForms’ current terms before enrolling.
View Special POA Forms at DoYourOwnWill
Important:
The permitted action, property involved, beginning date, and ending event should be described clearly. Contact an Arkansas attorney if the transaction is complicated or carries substantial legal or financial consequences.
What It Is:
A Springing Power of Attorney becomes effective only after the future date, event, or condition stated in the document occurs.
Common Intended Use:
Preparing for future incapacity while postponing the agent’s authority until a specified event occurs.
Free and Free-Trial Document Sources:
Create or Download a Springing POA at eForms
Free 7-day trial: Cancel before the trial ends if you do not want a paid subscription. Review eForms’ current terms before enrolling.
Important:
The document should clearly explain what activates the authority and how that event will be established. Because vague activation language can cause delays or disputes, legal review may be appropriate.
What It Is:
A Health-Care Power of Attorney appoints an agent to make health-care decisions if the principal cannot make or communicate those decisions independently.
Common Intended Use:
Choosing a trusted person to communicate with medical providers, consent to or refuse treatment, and make other authorized health-care decisions during incapacity.
Free Arkansas Document Sources:
- Download the UAMS Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
- Download the CaringInfo Arkansas Advance Directive and Durable Health-Care POA Packet
These sources provide actual Arkansas health-care documents. The CaringInfo packet contains both a Declaration and a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care. CaringInfo Arkansas packet.
Important:
A Health-Care Power of Attorney is different from a financial POA. People with detailed treatment concerns, family conflict, unusual medical circumstances, or questions about the agent’s authority should consult an Arkansas attorney or qualified health-care professional.
What It Is:
A Minor Child Power of Attorney allows a parent or legal guardian to give another adult temporary authority to care for a child and make certain decisions without permanently transferring parental rights.
Common Intended Use:
School enrollment, medical consent, temporary caregiving, deployment, extended travel, hospitalization, or placing a child temporarily with a trusted relative or caregiver.
Free and Free-Trial Document Sources:
- View Arkansas Minor Child POA Options at eForms
- Free 7-day trial: Cancel before the trial ends if you do not want a paid subscription. Review eForms’ current terms before enrolling.
  View Child Care POA Forms at DoYourOwnWill
Important:
A Minor Child POA is not the same as a court-ordered guardianship and does not permanently terminate parental rights. Custody disputes, long-term placements, or disagreements between parents should be addressed with an Arkansas attorney.

What It Is:
A Military Power of Attorney is generally a general or limited POA prepared for a service member’s specific needs before deployment, training, reassignment, or another period of absence.
Common Intended Use:
Managing finances, handling vehicles, signing housing documents, completing a defined transaction, managing family matters, or addressing other responsibilities while a service member is unavailable.
Document Source:
Eligible service members should have the document prepared through their installation’s legal-assistance office. Military legal offices prepare POAs for service members, often without charge. Military OneSource.
Contact your installation’s military legal-assistance office or a local Arkansas attorney for document preparation.
What It Is:
A Motor Vehicle Power of Attorney authorizes another person to complete specifically permitted vehicle title, registration, transfer, or related paperwork for the owner.
Common Intended Use:
Allowing an agent to sign for an owner during an Arkansas vehicle transaction or handle an authorized title or registration matter.
Official Arkansas Document Sources:
- Arkansas Power of Attorney for Vehicle Transactions
- Arkansas Power of Attorney to Sign for Owner
These are actual Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration forms. The appropriate form depends on the vehicle transaction being completed.
Arkansas DFA Motor Vehicle Forms.
Important:
Confirm which form the DFA, dealer, lender, or title office requires before completing or notarizing the document.
An Arkansas Tax Power of Attorney authorizes a named representative to act for a taxpayer in specified matters before the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration.
Common Intended Use:
Communicating with Arkansas tax officials, receiving protected tax information, discussing an account, and taking other tax-related actions authorized by the form.
Official Arkansas Document Source:
Download the Arkansas DFA Power of Attorney Form.
This link opens the actual state-issued tax POA form.
Important:
The taxpayer should identify the representative, tax types, account numbers, and tax periods carefully. The representative must meet any eligibility requirements applicable to the particular tax matter.
What It Is:
IRS Form 2848 authorizes an eligible individual to represent a taxpayer before the Internal Revenue Service in the tax matters identified on the form.
Common Intended Use:
Allowing an attorney, certified public accountant, enrolled agent, or another eligible representative to communicate and act for the taxpayer before the IRS.
Official Federal Document Source:
Download IRS Form 2848—Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative.
The IRS explains that Form 2848 is for representation before the IRS and that the named representative must be eligible to practice before it. IRS Form 2848 page.
Important:
Form 2848 does not give the representative unlimited authority over the taxpayer’s finances. It applies only to the tax matters and periods listed on the form.
What It Is:
A Real Estate Power of Attorney authorizes an agent to complete specified acts involving real property, such as managing, purchasing, selling, leasing, refinancing, or signing transaction documents.
Common Intended Use:
Completing a property transaction while the owner is unavailable or authorizing someone to manage designated real estate.
Free and by trial Document Source:
Create or Download an Arkansas Real Estate POA at eForms
Free 7-day trial: Cancel before the trial ends if you do not want a paid subscription. Review eForms’ current terms before enrolling.
View Special POA Forms at DoYourOwnWill
Important:
Arkansas may require a POA authorizing an agent to convey or mortgage real estate to be recorded with the appropriate circuit clerk. Because property descriptions, lender requirements, recording rules, and transaction authority must be precise, attorney or title-company review is strongly recommended.
What It Is:
A Business Power of Attorney authorizes an agent to perform selected acts involving a principal’s business interests. The authority might be incorporated into a broader financial POA or drafted for a particular company or transaction.
Common Intended Use:
Signing contracts, managing business accounts, dealing with vendors, operating a business temporarily, completing filings, or carrying out a defined transaction while the owner is unavailable.
Document Source:
Compare Arkansas POA Types at eForms
Free 7-day trial: Cancel before the trial ends if you do not want a paid subscription. Review eForms’ current terms before enrolling.
View General and Special POA Forms at DoYourOwnWill
Important:
The business’s formation documents, operating agreement, bylaws, partnership agreement, bank rules, or other governing documents may restrict who can delegate business authority. An attorney should determine whether a POA, company resolution, officer authorization, or another document is appropriate.

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