Pick the job, then the form
Arizona does not use one universal POA form. Financial authority, health-care decisions, mental-health decisions, treatment directions, and parental authority use different documents.
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General or durable financial POA
Broad authority over the financial, property, and business matters selected in the form.
Publisher: Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County
Health care power of attorney
Future medical decisions when the principal is unable to make or communicate them.
Publisher: Arizona Attorney General’s Office
Living will
Records treatment directions and can be used with or instead of a health care power of attorney.
Publisher: Arizona Attorney General’s Office
Mental health care power of attorney
Addresses future mental-health decisions under the separate statutory framework.
Publisher: Arizona Attorney General’s Office
Parental power of attorney
Delegates specified parental powers; it is not a financial or health-care POA for the parent.
Publisher: Arizona Judicial Branch
Before signing
Confirm the authority
Read what the form actually lets the agent do. A financial form does not become a medical form because the same person is named.
Check the publisher’s current page
Government packets are revised. Start from the linked landing page instead of an old saved PDF or a copy from another website.
Match the signing rule
Financial and health-care documents use different witness and notary paths. Follow the statute and the current packet for the selected document.
Plan for copies and access
Follow the publisher’s instructions for keeping the original and providing copies to the agent, providers, or institutions that may need the document.
Costs that are not statewide
The Attorney General’s life-care forms are no cost. Notary charges are listed as varies, and independent legal review is listed as varies; this guide does not publish an unverified statewide amount.
Frequently asked questions
Is there one Arizona power of attorney form for every purpose?
No. Financial, health-care, mental-health, living-will, and parental documents grant different authority and come from different statutory or government form sources.
Where is the official durable financial form?
Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County publishes a general power of attorney packet that lets the user choose the regular or durable form described in its instructions.
Where is the official medical power of attorney form?
Arizona Attorney General’s Office publishes the Life Care Planning forms no cost; the Arizona Judicial Branch also links to the health-care and mental-health forms.
Does downloading an official form make it valid?
No. The form must still fit the intended authority and satisfy the applicable execution statute. Financial documents follow A.R.S. §14-5501; health-care documents follow A.R.S. §36-3221.
Does Arizona Legal Co. prepare or file these forms?
No. Arizona Legal Co. is an independent legal-information media site. This page links to government sources and does not prepare, file, validate, or accept legal documents.
