Not required, but recommended.
A signature is presumed genuine if acknowledged before a notary; the section doesn't make notarization a condition of validity.
In the official wording
"THE PRINCIPAL ACKNOWLEDGES THE SIGNATURE BEFORE A NOTARY PUBLIC"
From the official pages listed below, checked November 2026.
What else the signing needs
- Witnesses
- None under the execution rule we read. The execution section doesn't mention witnesses.
- Agent's acknowledgment
- An agent accepts by acting or other conduct showing acceptance.
"A PERSON ACCEPTS APPOINTMENT AS AN AGENT UNDER A POWER OF ATTORNEY BY EXERCISING AUTHORITY"
- Recording for real estate
- The act lets an agent record instruments but doesn't require the power of attorney to be recorded.
- Official form
- Statutory Form Power of Attorney (C.R.S. 15-14-741). The Judicial Legal Help Center lists the statutory form for decisions about your property. Open the official form
- Durable after incapacity
- One created on or after January 1, 2010 is durable unless it says incapacity ends it.
"IS DURABLE UNLESS IT EXPRESSLY PROVIDES"
Next step
Sign by video with our New Jersey notary while you're in Colorado, 7 AM to 9 PM Eastern, seven days a week, by appointment. New Jersey law lets a New Jersey notary notarize for a signer located in another state (N.J.S.A. 52:7-10.10). How Colorado treats it: Colorado gives a notarial act performed in another state the same effect as one performed by a Colorado notarial officer, when a notary public of that state performs it. More on Colorado signers.
If the agent will use it for real estate, ask the title company or the county clerk and recorder before you sign.
Book an online notarization Request a mobile notary in Colorado
In person, we look for a notary commissioned in Colorado near you; you approve the price first.
If a local notary in Colorado does it: Up to $15 for a notarization, under the state's fee rules (Colorado notary fees).
Official sources
- Creating a Power of Attorney (Colorado Judicial Legal Help Center) (checked November 2026)
- Session Laws 2009, ch. 106 (HB 09-1198), Uniform Power of Attorney Act (Colorado General Assembly) (checked November 2026)
We are not lawyers, and this is general information, not legal advice. Checked November 2026. Rules change, and whoever receives the document decides what it accepts; we can't guarantee acceptance.
Common questions
Is notarization required for a power of attorney in Colorado?
Not required, but recommended. A signature is presumed genuine if acknowledged before a notary; the section doesn't make notarization a condition of validity.
Are witnesses needed for a Colorado power of attorney?
None under the execution rule we read. The execution section doesn't mention witnesses.
Does the agent sign anything in Colorado?
An agent accepts by acting or other conduct showing acceptance.
Does a Colorado power of attorney have to be recorded for a house sale?
The act lets an agent record instruments but doesn't require the power of attorney to be recorded.
Can I sign a Colorado power of attorney with an online notary?
Our New Jersey notary can notarize it by video while you're in Colorado. Colorado gives a notarial act performed in another state the same effect as one performed by a Colorado notarial officer, when a notary public of that state performs it.
Keep going
- Signing checklist
- Power of attorney rules in every state
- A car title in Colorado
- A small estate affidavit in Colorado
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