How to revoke a power of attorney in Utah

What Utah 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 or amend your power of attorney by the method the document sets, if the document says that method is the only one. Otherwise you can use any method that shows your intent by clear and convincing evidence.

Words used in Utah

In Utah you name an agent for money and property in a power of attorney, which must be notarized. For health care you make an advance health care directive: you can name an agent in a power of attorney for health care (signed with one adult witness) and give health care instructions. If an adult is incapacitated, a district court can appoint a guardian for personal decisions or a conservator for property, preferring a limited guardianship.

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 power of attorney
The person you choose
Agent (the law also covers an 'attorney-in-fact')
Health care
Advance health care directive: a power of attorney for health care, a health care instruction, or both
Treatment wishes
Health care instruction (part of the advance health care directive)
Court-appointed decision-maker
Guardian (limited or full) for personal decisions; conservator for property; emergency and temporary guardian

What Utah law says about revoking a power of attorney

How to revoke

You can revoke or amend your power of attorney by the method the document sets, if the document says that method is the only one. Otherwise you can use any method that shows your intent by clear and convincing evidence. Signing a new power of attorney does not revoke an old one unless the new one says so.

Law: Utah Code 75A-2-110(7); Utah Code 75A-2-110(6)

Telling others

Revocation does not affect an agent or other person who acts in good faith without actual knowledge of it; their acts still bind you.

Law: Utah Code 75A-2-110(4)

Law: Utah Code § 75A-2-110(4), (6), (7)

Source: Official text

Free letter: revoke a power of attorney

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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 the power of attorney
  • The power of attorney says it ends
  • Its purpose is accomplished
  • You revoke the agent's authority, or the agent dies, becomes incapacitated or resigns, and no other agent is named
  • For a spouse-agent, when an action for divorce, annulment or legal separation is filed, unless the document says otherwise
Banks and other businesses

A person asked to accept an acknowledged (notarized) power of attorney must accept it, or ask for an agent's certification, an English translation or a lawyer's opinion, within 7 business days, and then accept within 5 business days after receiving it. It may not demand a different form. Exceptions include not otherwise dealing with you, a conflict with federal law, a good-faith belief the power is invalid, and a report of suspected abuse to the Division of Aging and Adult Services. Wrongful refusal can lead to a court order and liability for attorney fees and costs.

Law: Utah Code 75A-2-119, 75A-2-120

Law: Utah Code § 75A-2-110

Good to know in Utah

  • A Utah financial power of attorney must be signed before a notary.

    Law: Utah Code 75A-2-105

  • Since January 1, 2026, Utah follows the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act: one adult witness for a health care agent appointment, a new optional form, and a long default-surrogate list that includes cohabitants and supported-decision-making helpers.

    Law: Utah Code 75A-9-107, 75A-9-110, 75A-9-111

  • A health care witness can attend by live video, or by phone if they know you or can confirm your identity.

    Law: Utah Code 75A-9-107(5)

  • Unless it says otherwise, a supported decision-making agreement ends if you later sign a power of attorney or health care directive that does not expressly continue it.

    Law: Utah Code 75-5-707(5)

Changes in 2024–2026

Laws of Utah 2024, ch. 364 (effective Sept. 1, 2024): Uniform Power of Attorney Act renumbered from Title 75, Chapter 9 to Title 75A, Chapter 2. Laws of Utah 2025, ch. 310 and ch. 338 amended 75A-2-102, 75A-2-105 (facility-agent limit) and 75A-2-120; ch. 338 also amended guardianship findings (75-5-304). Laws of Utah 2025, ch. 439: Uniform Health Care Decisions Act, effective January 1, 2026, replacing the former Advance Health Care Directive Act. Laws of Utah 2025, ch. 533: Supported Decision-making Agreements (75-5-701 to 75-5-709). Laws of Utah 2026, ch. 302: Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act, which covers electronic durable powers of attorney and advance health care directives, electronic notarization and electronic witnessing ('electronic presence').

Law: Title 75A, Chapter 9

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