Tennessee · PDF
Tennessee Advance Directive for Health Care Form
Appoints a medical decision maker and records care preferences; the appointment includes a choice about when the agent’s authority begins.
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Tennessee · PDF
Tennessee Durable Financial Power of Attorney Form
Select financial powers and one of the template’s durability/start-date alternatives; medical authority requires a separate health care document.
Sources checked: 2026-11-13. General information, not individual legal advice.
Tennessee offers separate paths for durable financial appointments and advance health care planning. The financial PDF below is a private template with its own execution blocks. Vanderbilt’s health care directive names an agent and links treatment preferences to specified conditions. Its witness-or-notary choice should not be confused with financial-document requirements.
Choose a document for the decisions involved
| Purpose | Form and guide | Document |
|---|---|---|
| Financial and property matters | Tennessee Durable Financial Power of Attorney Form | Publisher PDF · read complete instructions |
| Health care decisions | Tennessee Advance Directive for Health Care 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: The template provides principal notarization, two witness signatures, and a separately acknowledged agent acceptance. These are its execution blocks, not a claim that Tennessee’s financial POA statute universally requires two witnesses..
Health care decisions: Sign and date with either two competent adult witnesses or a notary. Neither witness may be the agent or alternate, and 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.
The directory identifies the publisher and edition instead of implying that all documents come from government. Agency transactions, real estate recording and unusual arrangements can require additional steps.
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Sources and verification
- eSign — private form publisher: source and instructions (opens in a new tab)
- Direct PDF (opens in a new tab)
- Tennessee Code §34-6-102 — durable financial power definition (opens in a new tab)
- HELP4TN — guide for financial agents (opens in a new tab)
- Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability — public guardian manual, chapter 10 (opens in a new tab)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center: source and instructions (opens in a new tab)
- Direct PDF (opens in a new tab)
- Tennessee Health Facilities Commission — advance directives (opens in a new tab)
- Tennessee Code §68-11-1803 (opens in a new tab)
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