Kentucky Revised Statutes
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 457.050 (2026)
Execution of power of attorney
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(1) A power of attorney shall be signed by the principal or in the principal's conscious presence by another individual directed by the principal to sign the principal's name on the power of attorney. If signed in the principal's conscious presence by another individual, the reason for this method of signing shall be stated in the power of attorney.
(2) A signature on a power of attorney is presumed to be genuine if the principal acknowledges the signature before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments. Effective: July 15, 2020 History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 41, sec. 42, effective July 15, 2020. -- Created 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 185, sec. 5, effective July 14, 2018.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2023–2026 · leading case: Annette Wiley, Individually & as Adm'x & Pers. Rep. of the Est. of Charlotte Blair v. Masonic Homes of Kentucky, Inc. D/B/A Masonic Home of Louisville (Ky. 2024).
Annette Wiley, Individually & as Adm'x & Pers. Rep. of the Est. of Charlotte Blair v. Masonic Homes of Kentucky, Inc. D/B/A Masonic Home of Louisville (Ky. 2024). “Prior to execution of Blair’s POA, the legislature enacted KRS Chapter 457, including KRS 457.050, effective in July 2018, 2 to require execution of a POA “in the presence of two (2) disinterested witnesses.”
Rowan (W.D. Ky. 2026). “She also points out that the 2020 amendment to KRS 457.050, which eliminated the disinterested witness requirement, was found not to apply retroactively by the Kentucky Supreme Court in Wiley v.”
Masonic Homes of Kentucky, Inc. D/B/A Masonic Home of Louisville v. Annette Wiley, Individually & as Adm'x & Pers. Rep. of the Est. of Charlotte Blair (Ky. Ct. App. 2023). “Wiley responded to the motion by arguing that the wrongful death claim was not subject to arbitration, the POA was invalid, the POA did not grant Wiley the authority to bind Blair to the arbitration agreement, and that the arbitration agreement was unconscionable.”
Lexington Alzheimer's Investors, LLC D/B/A the Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer's Ctr. of Excellence v. Sandra Norris, as Adm'x of the Est. of Rayford Charles Norris (Ky. 2025). “090(1); KRS 457.050, and terminates upon any of the occurrences stated in KRS 457.”
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 457.050(1): 3 cases
Annette Wiley, Individually & as Adm'x & Pers. Rep. of the Est. of Charlotte Blair v. Masonic Homes of Kentucky, Inc. D/B/A Masonic Home of Louisville (Ky. 2024). “Prior to execution of Blair’s POA, the legislature enacted KRS Chapter 457, including KRS 457.050, effective in July 2018, 2 to require execution of a POA “in the presence of two (2) disinterested witnesses.”
Masonic Homes of Kentucky, Inc. D/B/A Masonic Home of Louisville v. Annette Wiley, Individually & as Adm'x & Pers. Rep. of the Est. of Charlotte Blair (Ky. Ct. App. 2023). “Wiley responded to the motion by arguing that the wrongful death claim was not subject to arbitration, the POA was invalid, the POA did not grant Wiley the authority to bind Blair to the arbitration agreement, and that the arbitration agreement was unconscionable.”
Rowan (W.D. Ky. 2026). “She also points out that the 2020 amendment to KRS 457.050, which eliminated the disinterested witness requirement, was found not to apply retroactively by the Kentucky Supreme Court in Wiley v.”
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 457.050(2): 1 case
Rowan (W.D. Ky. 2026). “She also points out that the 2020 amendment to KRS 457.050, which eliminated the disinterested witness requirement, was found not to apply retroactively by the Kentucky Supreme Court in Wiley v.”
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