Arkansas Power of Attorney Signing Kit: Arkansas's Signing Rules, Signing-Day Sheet, Copies and Recording Log, and an Agent Ledger

Who it is for

Anyone signing a power of attorney in Arkansas, the agent who will act under it, and family members helping on signing day. Arkansas has a statutory form (Statutory form power of attorney (Ark. Code 28-68-301)); the kit links it and organizes the signing around it.

Not the right fit if

The person signing doesn't live in Arkansas, you need the document written (that's a lawyer's job), or there's doubt about capacity or pressure from family. Not a power of attorney form or a legal service.

Why it is different

• Built only from our Arkansas power of attorney data file, checked November 2026 against Act 805 of 2011, Uniform Power of Attorney Act (Arkansas General Assembly); Act 804 of 2021, amending the statutory form at Ark. Code 28-68-301 (Arkansas General Assembly).
• 1 fact isn't stated on those pages, so the kit leaves it out and lists it once to look up, instead of guessing.
• The act behind it: Ark. Code 28-68-101: the chapter may be cited as the Uniform Power of Attorney Act (Act 805 of 2011).
• For the estate side in Arkansas, the Arkansas Executor and Estate Kit: The estate, not counting the homestead and the statutory allowances for the surviving spouse or minor children, can't be more than $100,000. Real estate other than the homestead counts; when there's real estate, notice must be published within 30 days after filing (Nolo's summary).

What is inside

• Start here. The 7 confirmed Arkansas facts at a glance; to look up on the official page: healthcare power of attorney.
• Arkansas signing checklist, financial and healthcare. Step by step in signing order: statutory form: Start from the official form: Statutory form power of attorney (Ark; notary: Notarizing isn't a condition of validity here, but do it anyway; witnesses: The general execution section has no witness requirement; two witnesses appear only in the separate judge-approval method (28-68-304); agent's acknowledgment: No signed acceptance is required before acting; recording for real estate: The act requires recording only for judge-approved powers (28-68-307), not for an ordinary power of attorney; durable after incapacity: Durable unless the document says incapacity ends it.
• Signing-day sheet. Who has to be there (you, the notary and anyone the lawyer asks for), and their ID.
• After signing: copies, recording and the agent. Recording: The act requires recording only for judge-approved powers (28-68-307), not for an ordinary power of attorney. Agent: An agent accepts by acting or by other conduct showing acceptance. Plus a copies log.
• Arkansas POA signing tracker (Excel). Signing-day steps with a status, everyone's ID, a copies log and an agent's ledger.
• In Arkansas's own words. Notary: "A signature on a power of attorney is presumed to be genuine if the principal acknowledges the signature" Witnesses: "In the presence of at least two (2) witnesses who shall attest and prove the execution by affidavit." Agent's acknowledgment: "a person accepts appointment as an agent under a power of attorney by exercising authority or performing duties" Recording for real estate: "shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of each county in which real property to be affected" Durable after incapacity: "unless it expressly provides that it is terminated by the incapacity of the principal"