Standard Legal is unaware of any state restrictions on the residency of the person named as the “attorney in fact” on a Power of Attorney document.
However, the ability of a foreign-based ‘attorney in fact’ to carry out the wishes of the Grantor could be an issue for any transaction involving the attorney-in-fact and any USA bank, financial institution, local/state/federal government, courts, etc.
Typically, many of these entities may have internal rules and regulations that require transactions be made by U.S. Citizens. So while there is nothing to legally prevent a person from naming a foreign national as “attorney in fact”, operational factors may make such a decision a poor one.
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