Types (6)
Advance Directive
Combines a living will with a health care surrogate designation, allowing the principal to record treatment preferences and appoint an agent for medical decisions. The document takes effect when a physician determines the principal can no longer make informed health care choices.
Durable (Statutory)
Grants an agent authority to manage the principal’s financial interests, including banking, property, and estate matters. The statutory form continues in effect even if the principal is later declared incompetent.
General (Financial)
Gives the agent broad authority to conduct the principal’s financial and business affairs. The form is rendered void if the principal becomes unable to make decisions for themselves.
Limited (PDF)
Authorizes an agent to act on the principal’s behalf for only the specific transactions or matters described in the document. The authority expires once the task is completed or the set period elapses.
Minor Child
Provides a parent or guardian with a mechanism to temporarily delegate caregiving duties to another adult. The designee is authorized to make decisions concerning the child’s education, medical care, and daily welfare.
Motor Vehicle
Enables an agent to handle vehicle title transfers, registration, and related transactions with the Transportation Cabinet on the owner’s behalf.
Signing Requirements
| Type | Requirement |
| Durable (Statutory) | Must be signed by the principal and acknowledged before a notary public.[1] |
| General (Financial) | The principal must sign in the presence of 2 witnesses and have the signature notarized.[1] |
| Limited | Requires the principal’s signature, 2 witnesses, and notarial acknowledgment.[1] |
| Advance Directive | Signed by the principal in the presence of 2 adult witnesses or acknowledged before a notary public.[2] |
| Minor Child | Must be signed by the parent or guardian and acknowledged before a notary public.[3] |
| Motor Vehicle | The vehicle owner must sign the form with notarial acknowledgment. |