Legal Question in Family Law in Pennsylvania

Legal powers of attorney do not have to be filed, although they can be. 20 Pa.C.S.A. Section 5602(c) says:

(c) Filing of power of attorney.--An executed copy of the power of attorney may be filed with the clerk of the orphans' court division of the court of common pleas in the county in which the principal resides, and if it is acknowledged, it may be recorded in the office for the recording of deeds of the county of the principal's residence and of each county in which real property to be affected by an exercise of the power is located. The clerk of the orphans' court division or any office for the recording of deeds with whom the power has been filed, may, upon request, issue certified copies of the power of attorney. Each such certified copy shall have the same validity and the same force and effect as if it were the original, and it may be filed of record in any other office of this Commonwealth (including, without limitation, the clerk of the orphans' court division or the office for the recording of deeds) as if it were the original.

Check with the Orphans' Court and the Recorder of Deeds for the county in which the prinicpal lives.