Not required, but recommended.
A signature is presumed genuine if acknowledged before a notary; the section doesn't make notarization a condition of validity. The statutory form's notary block is headed as required for recording and for real property.
In the official wording
"NOTARY - REQUIRED FOR RECORDING AND FOR REAL PROPERTY"
From Idaho Code title 15, chapter 12, Uniform Power of Attorney Act (Idaho Legislature), checked November 2026.
What else the signing needs
- Witnesses
- None under the execution rule we read. The execution section doesn't mention witnesses.
"must be signed by the principal or in the principal's conscious presence by another individual"
- Agent's acknowledgment
- An agent accepts by acting or other conduct showing acceptance.
"accepts appointment as an agent under a power of attorney by exercising authority or performing duties"
- Recording for real estate
- No section of the chapter requires recording; the form's notary heading says notarizing is needed for recording and real property.
"NOTARY - REQUIRED FOR RECORDING AND FOR REAL PROPERTY"
- Official form
- Statutory form power of attorney (Idaho Code 15-12-301). An optional statutory form is in 15-12-301. Open the official form
- Durable after incapacity
- Durable unless the document says incapacity ends it.
"is durable unless it expressly provides that it is terminated by the incapacity of the principal."
Next step
Sign by video with our New Jersey notary while you're in Idaho, 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 Idaho treats it: Idaho's Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts gives a notarial act performed in another state the same effect as if a notary public of Idaho performed it, when a notary public of that state does the act. Added in 2017. More on Idaho signers.
If the agent will use it for real estate, ask the title company or the county recorder before you sign.
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If a local notary in Idaho does it: Up to $5 per notarial act, under the state's fee rules (Idaho notary fees).
Official sources
- Idaho Code title 15, chapter 12, Uniform Power of Attorney Act (Idaho Legislature) (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 Idaho?
Not required, but recommended. A signature is presumed genuine if acknowledged before a notary; the section doesn't make notarization a condition of validity. The statutory form's notary block is headed as required for recording and for real property.
Are witnesses needed for a Idaho power of attorney?
None under the execution rule we read. The execution section doesn't mention witnesses.
Does the agent sign anything in Idaho?
An agent accepts by acting or other conduct showing acceptance.
Does a Idaho power of attorney have to be recorded for a house sale?
No section of the chapter requires recording; the form's notary heading says notarizing is needed for recording and real property.
Can I sign a Idaho power of attorney with an online notary?
Our New Jersey notary can notarize it by video while you're in Idaho. Idaho's Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts gives a notarial act performed in another state the same effect as if a notary public of Idaho performed it, when a notary public of that state does the act. Added in 2017.
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