---
title: "Build the execution steps for a power of attorney or advance directive before signing"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/build-the-execution-and-witnessing-plan-for-an-enduring-instrument-befor/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A18-X20260927-1-US"
practice_area: "Elder Law & Powers of Attorney / Guardianship"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Build the execution steps for a power of attorney or advance directive before signing

> Once you name the state and the instrument, list only the execution, witness and notarisation steps that appear in the statute or official form you paste in. Leave a blank where the text does not state a step.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/build-the-execution-and-witnessing-plan-for-an-enduring-instrument-befor/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Elder Law & Powers of Attorney / Guardianship](https://ailawframework.com/practice/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Once you name the state and the instrument, list only the execution, witness and notarisation steps that appear in the statute or official form you paste in. Leave a blank where the text does not state a step. |
| What the lawyer must review | Execution formalities are state law and they differ for a financial power and a health-care directive. The Uniform Law Commission act is not those formalities. You check every step against the current state statute before the client signs. A missing witness or a wrong officer can make the document fail when it is needed. Do not copy an Australian witnessing rule. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Build the execution and witnessing plan for an enduring instrument before signing](https://ailawframework.com/practice/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/build-the-execution-and-witnessing-plan-for-an-enduring-instrument-befor.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Once you name the state and the instrument, list only the execution, witness and notarisation steps that appear in the statute or official form you paste in. Leave a blank where the text does not state a step.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Section 489.102 is about information providers must give. It does not set witnessing rules for the directive.
- Remote online notarisation, where a state allows it, is in that state's notary statute. This check did not open one.

## Sources

- [Uniform Law Commission: Power of Attorney Act](https://www.uniformlaws.org/committees/community-home?CommunityKey=b1975254-8370-4a7c-947f-e5af0d6cb07c) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [42 CFR § 489.102 (advance-directive requirements for providers)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/chapter-IV/subchapter-G/part-489/subpart-I/section-489.102) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Enduring power of attorney (ACT approved form AF2017-45): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-act-enduring-power-of-attorney.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to approved form AF2017-45, the enduring power of attorney under the Powers of Attorney Act 2006 (ACT), section 96. Notified on 6 February 2017 and effective on 8 March 2017.… |
| [Enduring guardianship instrument (Tasmania): appointing and registering an enduring guardian with TASCAT](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-tas-enduring-guardian.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Office of the Public Guardian Tasmania's enduring guardianship page, with a guide to the lifestyle decisions covered, limits and conditions, joint and alternative guardians, registration… |
| [Enduring power of attorney (Victoria, Powers of Attorney Act 2014): forms, witnessing and completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-vic-enduring-power-of-attorney.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Victorian fillable enduring power of attorney forms and the Office of the Public Advocate guide, with the rules on capacity, personal and financial matters, multiple attorneys, the… |
| [Enduring power of guardianship (Western Australia): the OPA kit, what the guardian can decide, capacity and no registration](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-wa-enduring-power-of-guardianship.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the WA Office of the Public Advocate's enduring power of guardianship page and kit, with a guide to who can make one and be appointed, the personal, lifestyle and treatment decisions… |
| [Health direction (ACT approved form AF2017-46): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-act-health-direction.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to approved form AF2017-46, the health direction under the Medical Treatment (Health Directions) Act 2006 (ACT), section 21. Notified on 6 February 2017 and effective on 8 March 2017.… |
| [Enduring power of attorney (Queensland, short form and long form): choosing the form, attorney eligibility and witnessing](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-qld-enduring-power-of-attorney.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Queensland Government's guide to making an enduring power of attorney, with the short and long forms, attorney eligibility, multiple attorneys, the eligible witnesses and what they… |
| [Appointment of a medical treatment decision maker (Victoria): long and short forms, capacity and witnessing](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-vic-medical-treatment-decision-maker.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Office of the Public Advocate's guide and the Department of Health forms for appointing a medical treatment decision maker, with a guide to capacity, appointing more than one person, the… |
| [Enduring power of attorney (Western Australia): information kit, when it starts, and what it does not cover](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-wa-enduring-power-of-attorney.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the WA Government's enduring power of attorney page and information kit, with a guide to who can make one, choosing when it starts, the State Administrative Tribunal's role, its limit to… |
| [Advance Personal Plan (Northern Territory): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-nt-advance-personal-plan.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Northern Territory Advance Personal Plan form. The page gives no form number.… |
| [Enduring power of attorney (South Australia): the Legal Services Commission kit, lodging for real estate, and revocation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-sa-enduring-power-of-attorney.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the SA Government's guide to making an enduring power of attorney, with the Legal Services Commission kit and forms, where to get them, when the power must be lodged at Land Services SA, and… |
| [Enduring power of attorney (Tasmania, Powers of Attorney Act 2000): completing and registering the instrument](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-tas-enduring-power-of-attorney.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Office of the Public Guardian Tasmania's enduring power of attorney page, with a guide to what it covers, the requirement to complete and register the instrument with the Land Titles… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*