Use this Limited Power of Attorney to appoint an Agent to sell a specific property. In the form the principal empowers the agent to perform every act necessary and requisite to negotiate, agree to and consummate, on whatever terms your Attorney in Fact deems appropriate, the sale or conveyance, or both, of the real property described, including without limitation the review, approval, acceptance, execution or delivery of any escrow instructions, any contract, any deed, any carry back financing document, any other document required from you by the buyer, buyer's lender, if any, any escrow agent, any title insurer or any other party affiliated with the transaction or any other document required for you that relates to the transaction.

This power of attorney is not affected by any subsequent disability or incapacity of the principal and shall be considered a "Durable Power of Attorney." (ii) shall be governed, as to its validity, terms and enforcement, by those laws of the State of Iowa that apply to instruments negotiated, executed, delivered and performed solely within the State of Iowa.

Once completed this Limited Power of Attorney is recorded in the County where the subject property is located and (must be signed by the principal or in the principal's conscious presence by another individual, other than any prospective agent, directed by the principal to sign the principal's name on the power of attorney. A power of attorney must be acknowledged before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments. An agent named in the power of attorney shall not notarize the principal's signature. An acknowledged signature on a power of attorney is presumed to be genuine.) (633B.105 Execution)

(Iowa Limited POA-Sale Package includes form, guidelines, and completed example)

How to Use This Form

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Download the county-specific form
Fill in the required information
Have the document notarized if required
Record with your county recorder's office

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Common Uses for Limited Power of Attorney for the Sale of Real Property

Authorize a family member to sell property on your behalf
Authorize someone to buy or sell property on your behalf
Grant authority to manage rental properties in your absence
Authorize someone to handle property matters during an illness
Grant authority to sign closing documents while you are away
Allow an attorney to represent you at a real estate closing
Allow a trusted person to handle a real estate transaction for you

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Important: County-Specific Forms

Our limited power of attorney for the sale of real property forms are specifically formatted for each county in Iowa.

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