How to revoke a power of attorney in Alaska

What Alaska law says about revoking a power of attorney, and a free letter you can fill in and print.

Checked against official sources: October 31, 2026.

Short answer

You can revoke the power of attorney at any time. The statutory form explains that, unless it says otherwise, you can revoke a specific power by completing a special power of attorney that includes that power, and revoke all powers by completing a later power of attorney.

Words used in Alaska

In Alaska you name an agent for money and property in a general power of attorney. For health care, one advance health care directive can name an agent (the durable power of attorney for health care) and give your own instructions. If an adult cannot decide and has no documents, the superior court can appoint a guardian or conservator, but only if less restrictive options will not work.

An agent (also called an attorney-in-fact) is the person you choose to act for you. You are the principal.

Money and property
Power of attorney; statutory form 'General Power of Attorney'
The person you choose
Agent
Health care
Advance health care directive (Part 1 is a durable power of attorney for health care)
Treatment wishes
Individual instructions (Part 2 of the advance health care directive)
Court-appointed decision-maker
Guardian of an incapacitated person (full or partial); conservator for money and property

What Alaska law says about revoking a power of attorney

How to revoke

You can revoke the power of attorney at any time. The statutory form explains that, unless it says otherwise, you can revoke a specific power by completing a special power of attorney that includes that power, and revoke all powers by completing a later power of attorney.

Telling others

Tell the agent and anyone who has the power of attorney. An agent or other person who acts in good faith without actual knowledge of your death or incapacity is protected, and an agent's affidavit that they did not know of the revocation or termination is conclusive proof unless there is fraud.

Law: AS 13.26.620(a)(3), 13.26.625, 13.26.645 (Notice of Revocation in the statutory form)

Source: Official text

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When it ends and how to revoke it

It ends when
  • You die
  • You become incapacitated, if the power of attorney is not durable
  • You revoke it
  • The document says it ends (for example, the term of years you wrote on the statutory form)
  • Its purpose is accomplished
  • The agent dies, becomes incapacitated, resigns or is revoked, and no other agent is named
  • You divorce or annul your marriage to your agent, unless the power of attorney, a court order or a marital agreement says otherwise
Banks and other businesses

A person asked to accept a notarized (acknowledged) power of attorney must accept it, or ask for an agent's certification, a translation or a lawyer's opinion, within 5 business days, and then accept within 3 business days after getting it. They cannot demand a different form. They may refuse only for listed reasons, such as a good faith belief the power is invalid or a report of suspected abuse to the Department of Health. A wrongful refusal can lead to a court order and attorney fees and costs.

Law: AS 13.26.615

Law: AS 13.26.620(a), 13.26.660(4); AS 13.12.804(a)(1)(C) and 13.06.050(21) ('governing instrument' includes a power of attorney)

Good to know in Alaska

  • An Alaska financial power of attorney must be notarized, and it is not durable unless it says so.

    Law: AS 13.26.600, 13.26.675

  • On the statutory form you must mark YES for each category of power; a category left blank is not granted.

    Law: AS 13.26.645

  • Your health care agent's decisions take precedence over a guardian's unless a court orders otherwise.

    Law: AS 13.52.040(b)

  • Supported decision-making agreements have been recognized by statute since 2018.

    Law: AS 13.56

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