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Colorado Statutory Durable Financial Power of Attorney Form

Immediate unless changed in special instructions; the statutory form is intended to continue during incapacity.

Jurisdiction
Colorado
Purpose
Durable financial
Source / form version
Form states effective January 1, 2010; no later revision printed
Resource format
PDF
Signing
The form includes a principal signature and notarial acknowledgment; acknowledgment provides the statutory presumption of genuineness.
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Sources checked: 2026-11-13. General information, not individual legal advice.

Use the complete statutory form

Bellco publishes a six-page copy of Colorado’s statutory financial power of attorney. It contains the principal’s choices, the acknowledgment and the agent’s duties. Keep all pages together. This is a credit union’s public copy of the statutory form, not a newly issued Colorado government form or a health care authorization.

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Separate ordinary and specific powers

The general-authority section lists financial subjects such as accounts, real estate, business and taxes. A later section separately addresses sensitive acts, including gifts, beneficiary changes and trust-related powers. Initial only powers you intend to authorize. Review the limits on using your property to benefit the agent or another person.

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Check when authority begins

The printed form starts authority immediately unless the special instructions say otherwise. Name successors if you want someone to take over when the first agent cannot act. Complete the signature and notarial acknowledgment before giving the form to institutions. Review compensation and any co-agent arrangement rather than assuming the blanks have no effect.

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Common questions

Is this medical authority?

No. Colorado’s financial statutory form expressly excludes health care decisions; use a medical durable power of attorney for that purpose.

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Must I initial every specific power?

No. The separate specific-authority choices can substantially affect your property and estate arrangements. Leaving a sensitive power ungranted may be intentional.

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Related forms and guides

Sources and verification

  1. Bellco Credit Union — statutory-form copy: source and instructions (opens in a new tab)
  2. Publisher document download (opens in a new tab)
  3. Applicable state law or official guidance (opens in a new tab)

The Bellco-published statutory PDF was downloaded and read; financial signing and activation were checked against Colorado Revised Statutes 2026, §§15-14-705 and 15-14-709. The file displays the statute’s January 1, 2010 effective date, not a current revision date.

The date above records a source check. It does not certify that a form is suitable for your circumstances or that an attorney has reviewed your document. Read the publisher’s current instructions before use.