RECORDING REQUESTED BY AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO: NAME STREET ADDRESS S R U PAGE SIZE DA MISC LONG RFD COPY M A L 465 426 PCOR NCOR SMF NCHG EXAM CITY, STATE & ZIP CODE CTY UNI T: SPACE ABOVE THIS LINE FOR RECORDER’S USE ONLY POWER OF ATTORNEY – GENERAL (includes optional DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY) KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: That I,_____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the undersigned (jointly or severally, if more than one) hereby make, constitute and appoint ________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name, place and stead and for my use and benefit: (a) To ask, demand, sue for, recover, collect and receive each and every sum of money, debt, account, legacy, bequest, interest, dividend, annuity and demand (which now is or hereafter shall become due, owing or payable) belonging to or claimed by me, and to use and take any lawful means for the recovery thereof by legal process or otherwise, and to execute and deliver a satisfaction or release therefor, together with the right and power to compromise or compound any claim or demand; (b) To exercise any or all of the following powers as to real property, any interest therein and/or any building thereon: To contract for, purchase, receive and take possession thereof and of evidence of title thereto; to lease the same for any term or purpose, including leases for business, residence, and oil and/or mineral development; to sell, exchange, grant or convey the same with or without warranty; and to mortgage, transfer in trust, or otherwise encumber or hypothecate the same to secure payment of a negotiable or non-negotiable note or performance of any obligation or agreement; (c) To exercise any or all of the following powers as to all kinds of personal property and goods, wares and merchandise, choses in action and other property in possession or in action: To contract for, buy, sell, exchange, transfer and in any legal manner deal in and with the same, and to mortgage, transfer in trust, or otherwise encumber or hypothecate the same to secure payment of a negotiable or non-negotiable note or performance of any obligation or agreement. (d) To borrow money and to execute and deliver negotiable or non-negotiable notes therefor with or without security; and to loan money and receive negotiable or non-negotiable notes therefor with such security as he/she shall deem proper; (e) To create, amend, supplement and terminate any trust and to instruct and advise the trustee of any trust wherein I am or may be trustor or beneficiary; to represent and vote stock, exercise stock rights, accept and deal with any dividend, distribution or bonus, join in any corporate financing, reorganization, merger, liquidation, consolidation or other action and the extension, compromise, conversion, adjustment, enforcement or foreclosure, singly or in conjunction with others of any corporate stock, bond, note, debenture or other security; to compound, compromise, adjust, settle and satisfy any obligation, secured or unsecured, owing by or to me and to give or accept any property and/or money whether or not equal to or less in value than the amount owing in payment, settlement or satisfaction thereof; (f) To transact business of any kind or class and as my act and deed to sign, execute, acknowledge and deliver any deed, lease, assignment of lease, convenant, indenture, indemnity, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of mortgage or of the beneficial interest under deed of trust, extension or renewal of any obligation, subordination or waiver of priority, hypothecation, bottomry, charter-party, bill of lading, bill of sale, bill, bond, note, whether negotiable or non-negotiable, receipt, evidence of debt, full or partial release or satisfaction of mortgage, judgment and other debt, request for partial or full reconveyance of deed of trust and such other instruments in writing or any kind or class as may be necessary or proper in the premises. (g) [Strike if not applicable.] This Power of Attorney shall not be affected by subsequent incapacity of the principal [and shall remain effective for a period of __________________________________________ years after the disability or incapacity occurs]. (h) [Strike if not applicable.] This Power of Attorney shall become effective upon the incapacity of the principal [and shall remain effective for a period of __________________________________________ years after the disability or incapacity occurs]. (i) If (g) and/or (h) are not stricken, the Notice at the top of page 2 applies. Page 1 of 2 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com NOTICE TO PERSON EXECUTING DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY: A durable power of attorney is an important legal document. By signing the durable power of attorney, you are authorizing another person to act for you, the principal. Before you sign this durable power of attorney, you should know these important facts: Your agent (attorney in fact) has no duty to act unless you and your agent agree otherwise in writing. This document gives your agent the powers to manage, dispose of, sell, and convey your real and personal property, and to use your property as security if your agent borrows money on your behalf. Your agent will have the right to receive reasonable payment for services provided under this durable power of attorney unless you provide otherwise in this power of attorney. The powers you give your agent will continue to exist for your entire lifetime, unless you state that the durable power of attorney will last for a shorter period of time or unless you otherwise terminate the durable power of attorney. The powers you give your agent in this durable power of attorney will continue to exist even if you can no longer make your own decisions respecting the management of your property. You can amend or change this durable power of attorney only by executing a new durable power of attorney or by executing an amendment through the same formalities as an original. You have the right to revoke or terminate this durable power of attorney at any time, so long as you are competent. This durable power of attorney must be dated and must be acknowledged before a notary public or signed by two witnesses. If it is signed by two witnesses, they must witness either (1) the signing of the power of attorney or (2) the principal’s signing or acknowledgment of his or her signature. A durable power of attorney that may affect real property should be acknowledged before a notary public so that it may easily be recorded. You should read this durable power of attorney carefully, When effective, this durable power of attorney will give your agent the right to deal with property that you now have or might acquire in the future. The durable power of attorney is important to you. If you do not understand the durable power of attorney, or any provision of it, then you should obtain the assistance of an attorney or other qualified person. GIVING AND GRANTING unto my said Attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying all that my said Attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents. The powers and authority hereby conferred upon my said Attorney shall be applicable to all real and personal property or interest therein now owned or hereafter acquired by me and wherever situate. My said Attorney is empowered hereby to determine in his/her sole discretion the time when, purpose for and manner in which any power herein conferred upon him/her shall be exercised, and the conditions, provisions and convenants of any instrument or document which may be executed by him/her pursuant hereto; and in the acquisition or disposition of real or personal property, my said Attorney shall have exclusive power to fix the terms thereof for cash, credit and/or property, and if on credit with or without security. When the context so requires, the masculine gender includes the feminine and/or neuter, and the singular number includes the plural. WITNESS my hand this ______ day of ______________________, _________. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ________________________ } _______________________________________________ On ____________________________ before me, _________________________________________________________ personally (here insert name and title of the officer) appeared ___________________________________________________________________________________________________, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal. Signature _______________________________________________ (SEAL) We declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of _____ that the person who signed or acknowledged this document is personally known to us (or proved to us on the basis of convincing evidence) to be the principal who signed or acknowledged this durable power of attorney in our presence. Executed this ______ day of ___________________, _________. __________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ (WITNESS) (WITNESS) THIS FORM IS NOT VALID FOR HEALTH CARE DECISIONS. Page 2 of 2 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com