--- title: "Does a Power of Attorney Need to Be Notarized in Montana?" description: "Montana power of attorney: yes, a notary is required, per the official page. What else the signing needs, and the next step." url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/notary/does-it-need-a-notary/power-of-attorney-montana" --- Does it need a notary? · Montana # Does a power of attorney need to be notarized in Montana? The answer from the state's own pages, what else a power of attorney needs to be signed properly here, and how to get it done. ✓ New Jersey commissioned notary, no. 50244803, insured for errors and omissions. [See the credentials](/about/credentials) Yes, a notary is required. Montana's aging services office says its financial power of attorney form must be signed in front of a notary. ## In the official wording "must be signed in front of a notary." From the official pages listed below, checked November 2026. ## What else the signing needs Official form Statutory form power of attorney (72-31-353). Section 72-31-353 is the statutory form; 72-31-354 is the agent's certification. [Open the official form](https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0310/part_0030/sections_index.html) Durable after incapacity Section 72-31-304 is titled 'Power of attorney is durable'. "Power of attorney is durable" **Not confirmed on the pages we read:** witnesses, an agent acknowledgment and recording for real estate. Check with [Title 72, chapter 31, part 3, Uniform Power of Attorney Act, table of sections (Montana Legislature)](https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0310/part_0030/sections_index.html). ## Next step Sign by video with our New Jersey notary while you're in Montana, 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](https://pub.njleg.gov/bills/2020/PL21/179_.HTM)). How Montana treats it: Montana gives a notarial act performed in another state by a qualifying officer the same effect as if a Montana notarial officer performed it. [More on Montana signers](/notary/online-notary/montana). If the agent will use it for real estate, ask the title company or the county clerk and recorder before you sign. [Notarize it online ($50 per session)](/notary/#order) [Request a mobile notary in Montana](/notary/mobile-notary-outside-new-jersey?state=Montana#request) Booking sends a request; we confirm the time and the price before you pay. In person, we look for a notary commissioned in Montana near you; you approve the price first. If a local notary in Montana does it: Each notarial act (acknowledgment, jurat, signature witnessing, copy certification and others), $10, under the state's fee rules ([Montana notary fees](/notary/fees-by-state/montana)). ## Get it notarized online today Online notary: open now until 9 PM ET · sessions by appointment · times confirmed by email A New Jersey notary can notarize this with you on a video call, wherever you are in the U.S. $50 for the session, $10 for each extra signer. Any other fee shows in the booking form before you confirm. Open 7 am to 9 pm ET, every day, by appointment. **What you need** - A valid government photo ID - A computer or phone with a camera - The unsigned document [Book an online session](/notary/?service=ron#order) Our certificate states the act was performed using communication technology, as New Jersey law requires. [What it must say](/notary/remote-online-notarization-certificate-wording) Most U.S. recipients accept a remotely notarized document; check with whoever will receive it. [What to ask them](/notary/will-my-online-notarization-be-accepted) · [Several signers](/notary/online-notarization-multiple-signers) ## And a health care power of attorney? **Yes, a notary is required.** The same office says its health care power of attorney form must be signed in front of a notary (its living will forms take two witnesses instead). "must be signed in front of a notary." From [Sample Legal Forms (Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Aging Services)](https://dphhs.mt.gov/sltc/aging/legal/forms). A health care document follows its own signing rule, separate from the financial one. ## Official sources - [Title 72, chapter 31, part 3, Uniform Power of Attorney Act, table of sections (Montana Legislature)](https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0310/part_0030/sections_index.html) (checked November 2026) - [Sample Legal Forms (Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Aging Services)](https://dphhs.mt.gov/sltc/aging/legal/forms) (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 Montana?** Yes, a notary is required. Montana's aging services office says its financial power of attorney form must be signed in front of a notary. **Does a medical power of attorney need a notary in Montana?** Yes, a notary is required. The same office says its health care power of attorney form must be signed in front of a notary (its living will forms take two witnesses instead). **Can I sign a Montana power of attorney with an online notary?** Our New Jersey notary can notarize it by video while you're in Montana. Montana gives a notarial act performed in another state by a qualifying officer the same effect as if a Montana notarial officer performed it. **What does a notary charge in Montana?** Up to $10 per notarial act, under the state's fee rules. A mobile notary may add a travel fee; ask for the total first. ## Keep going - [Signing checklist](/notary/power-of-attorney-signing-checklist?state=mt&type=financial) - [Power of attorney rules in every state](/notary/power-of-attorney-requirements-by-state) - [A car title in Montana](/notary/does-it-need-a-notary/car-title-montana) - [A will in Montana](/notary/does-it-need-a-notary/will-montana) - [A small estate affidavit in Montana](/notary/does-it-need-a-notary/small-estate-affidavit-montana) A power of attorney in another state: [Missouri](/notary/does-it-need-a-notary/power-of-attorney-missouri) · [Nebraska](/notary/does-it-need-a-notary/power-of-attorney-nebraska) · [every state](/notary/does-it-need-a-notary?doc=power-of-attorney) ## Ready to sign? Book a video session. [Book an online notarization](/notary/#order)[Call (908) 444-6373](tel:+19084446373)