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A power of attorney is a legal document that gives someone the authority to sign documents and conduct transactions on another person's behalf. A person who holds a power of attorney is sometimes called an attorney-in-fact.

Unfortunately, you can't get power of attorney and act on someone's behalf after they've died. According to the law, a power of attorney must be executed while the principal is alive and of sound mind acting of their own free will.

A properly written power of attorney, in the hands of a trusted relative or friend, can be enormously helpful. In essence, it generally allows someone to act for you -- including writing checks on your behalf.Underneath it, you would write: "By (insert your own name), as attorney in fact."

After the principal's name, write by and then sign your own name. Under or after the signature line, indicate your status as POA by including any of the following identifiers: as POA, as Agent, as Attorney in Fact or as Power of Attorney.

You can sign the person's name first, then follow it with "by your name under POA." Or, you can sign your own name first, then identify yourself as "attorney-in-fact for the person's name for whom you are attorney-in-fact.

Prepare a written statement revoking the POA. The first step is to revoke the existing power of attorney. Notify your agent that you have revoked the original POA. Distribute copies of the written revocation. Prepare a new POA.

The traditional way to use pp when signing a letter on someone else's behalf is to place pp before one's own name rather than before the name of the other person. This is because the original Latin phrase per procurationem means 'through the agency of'.