South Dakota · PDF
South Dakota Medical Power of Attorney and Advance Directive Form
The health agent makes decisions when the principal cannot make or communicate them. Written preferences and limits guide the appointment.
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South Dakota · PDF
South Dakota Statutory Power of Attorney Form
Choose the statutory form’s immediate durable, incapacity-only, or immediate nondurable option; South Dakota does not make every unqualified power durable by default.
Sources checked: 2026-11-13. General information, not individual legal advice.
South Dakota’s statutory financial form has explicit durability choices. For health care, the Sanford Health directive includes South Dakota signing instructions: two adult witnesses or a notary.
Choose a document for the decisions involved
| Purpose | Form and guide | Document |
|---|---|---|
| Financial and property matters | South Dakota Statutory Power of Attorney Form | Printable statutory-text PDF · website layout |
| Health care decisions | South Dakota Medical Power of Attorney and Advance Directive Form | 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: Principal signature or directed signature in the principal’s conscious presence, acknowledged before a notary or another authorized officer..
Health care decisions: For South Dakota, sign with two adult witnesses or a notary. The form’s state-specific signing table identifies that route..
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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
- South Dakota Legislature: source and instructions (opens in a new tab)
- SDCL §59-12-3, durability (opens in a new tab)
- SDCL §59-12-4, execution (opens in a new tab)
- Sanford Health: source and instructions (opens in a new tab)
- Published form (opens in a new tab)
- SDCL §59-7-2.1, health powers and execution (opens in a new tab)
- SDCL §34-12D-2, living-will execution (opens in a new tab)
- South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations, advance care planning (opens in a new tab)
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