Use this chart with the Harner Legal Forms Financial Power of Attorney Resignation when an Agent wants to stop serving.
Last reviewed: September 28, 2026
Important: This page provides general state-law information, not legal advice. It addresses an ordinary transaction or revocation using the Harner Legal Forms document. Laws, agency forms, local procedures, mandatory notices, consumer rules, and institutional practices can change. State and federal law control if they differ from this summary or the form instructions.
Recommended steps
- Review the Power of Attorney first; its resignation method controls if it provides one.
- Sign and date the resignation and deliver it to the Principal while the Principal can receive it.
- If the Principal is incapacitated, notify any court-appointed guardian or conservator and any Co-Agent or Successor Agent identified in the document.
- Notify financial institutions and other persons who have relied on the Agent's authority, return property and records, and preserve an accounting.
Scope of this chart
Resignation ends the Agent's authority prospectively; it does not erase duties arising from earlier conduct. Court involvement may be appropriate if no successor can protect an incapacitated Principal.
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