Arkansas · PDF
Arkansas Advance Care Plan and Medical Power of Attorney
Names a health care decision maker and records instructions for periods when the principal cannot decide.
Arkansas power of attorney forms.
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Arkansas · PDF
Arkansas Statutory Durable Financial Power of Attorney Form
Select financial subjects and any separately authorized special powers. The statutory form is immediate unless special instructions change the start date.
Sources checked: 2026-11-13. General information, not individual legal advice.
Arkansas financial and medical appointments are available as printable forms below. The financial form is part of an ACLU planning packet, so use the identified pages rather than signing unrelated packet documents. The Department of Health’s two-page advance care plan combines a medical agent appointment with treatment preferences.
Choose a document for the decisions involved
| Purpose | Form and guide | Document |
|---|---|---|
| Financial and property matters | Arkansas Statutory Durable Financial Power of Attorney Form | Publisher PDF · read complete instructions |
| Health care decisions | Arkansas Advance Care Plan and Medical Power of Attorney | Publisher PDF · read complete instructions |
Use each form page for the complete document, the named publisher and its instructions. A financial appointment and a health care appointment serve different purposes.
Compare the signing arrangements
Financial and property matters: Sign the financial form and complete its notarial acknowledgment. An acknowledged signature has a presumption of genuineness under §28-68-105..
Health care decisions: Sign before two competent adult witnesses or acknowledge before a notary. Neither witness may be the agent; at least one must be unrelated and not entitled to the estate..
These summaries identify the arrangements described by the cited law or selected form. Read the detail page for witness eligibility, exceptions and any differences between a publisher’s instructions and current law.
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Discuss the role with your proposed agent and any successor. Read every page before signing, including notices, special powers, treatment choices and agent acknowledgments. Keep the instructions with the form, and give complete copies to the people or institutions that will rely on it.
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Sources and verification
- ACLU of Arkansas: source and instructions (opens in a new tab)
- Arkansas Code §28-68-105 (opens in a new tab)
- Arkansas Act 805 of 2011 — enacted financial POA provisions (opens in a new tab)
- Arkansas Department of Health: source and instructions (opens in a new tab)
- Arkansas Code §20-6-103 (opens in a new tab)
- Arkansas Act 1264 of 2013 — enacted health care decisions provisions (opens in a new tab)
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