Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in North Carolina
When doing a power of attorney both the healthcare and general POA would printing the forms off the internet and getting them notarized be legal or would I have to see a lawyer for them to be legal?
1 Answer from Attorneys
No. You can certainly get the forms from the internet. However, if you do, I strongly recommend that you use the NC forms if this is for you or someone else in NC.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_32A/GS_32A-1.html
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_32A/GS_32A-25.1.html
http://www.nclifelinks.org - choose forms and you can use the living will form.
I would also carefully review the financial POAform as you have to do some editing as is appropriate to your situation.
The Healthcare POA and living will must be witnessed by 2 people and notarized. The general financial POA only has to be signed by you (or whoever is making it) and notarized.