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. purchase and/or maintain insurance and annuity contracts, including life insurance upon my life or the life of any other appropriate person.

. take any and all legal steps necessary to collect any amount or debt owed to me, or to settle any claim, whether made against me or asserted on my behalf against any other person or entity.

. enter into binding contracts on my behalf.

. exercise all stock rights on my behalf as my proxy, including all rights with respect to stocks, bonds, debentures, commodities, options or other investments.

. maintain and/or operate any business that i may own.

. employ professional and business assistance as may be appropriate, including attorneys, accountants, and real estate agents.

. sell, convey, lease, mortgage, manage, insure, improve, repair, or perform any other act with respect to any of my property (now owned or later acquired) including, but not limited to, real estate and real estate rights (including the right to remove tenants and to recover possession). this includes the right to sell or encumber

if the agent is my legal spouse, then i also hereby appoint , of , as my substitute agent solely for the purpose of releasing any dower, homestead or other inchoate interest or other property rights (of whatever nature), which under local law may not be released by my spouse.

. prepare, sign, and file documents with any governmental body or agency, including, but not limited to, authorization to:

a. prepare, sign and file income and other tax returns with federal, state, local, and other governmental bodies.

b. obtain information or documents from any government or its agencies, and represent me in all tax matters, including the authority to negotiate, compromise, or settle any matter with such government or agency.

c. prepare applications, provide information, and perform any other act reasonably requested by any government or its agencies in connection with governmental benefits (including medical, military and social security benefits), and to appoint anyone, including my agent, to act as my "representative payee" for the purpose of receiving social security benefits.

. make gifts from my assets to members of my family and to such other persons or charitable organizations with whom i have an established pattern of giving (or if it is appropriate to make such gifts for estate planning and/or tax purposes), to file state and federal gift tax returns, and to file a tax election to split gifts with my partner or spouse, if any. no agent acting under this instrument, except as specifically authorized in this instrument, shall have the power or authority to (a) gift, appoint, assign or designate any of my assets, interests or rights, directly or indirectly, to such agent, such agent's estate, such agent's creditors, or the creditors of such agent's estate, (b) exercise any powers of appointment i may hold in favor of such agent, such agent's estate, such agent's creditors, or the creditors of such agent's estate, or (c) use any of my assets to discharge any of such agent's legal obligations, including any obligations of support which such agent may owe to others, excluding those whom i am legally obligated to support.

. to transfer any of my assets to the trustee of any revocable trust created by me, if such trust is in existence at the time of such transfer.

. to utilize my assets to fund a trust not created by me, but to which i have either established a pattern of funding, or to fund a trust created by my agent for my benefit or the benefit of my dependents, heirs or devisees upon the advice of a financial adviser.

. to create, sign, modify or revoke any trust agreements or other trust documents in an attempt to manage or create a trust that was created for my benefit or the benefit of my dependants, heirs or devisees. this shall include the creation, modification or revocation of any inter vivos, family living, irrevocable or revocable trusts.

. to exercise fiduciary responsibilities that i have a right to delegate.

. subject to other provisions of this document, my agent may disclaim any interest, which might otherwise be transferred or distributed to me from any other person, estate, trust, or other entity, as may be appropriate. however, my agent may not disclaim assets to which i would be entitled, if the result is that the disclaimed assets pass directly or indirectly to my agent or my agent's estate.

. have access to my healthcare and medical records and statements regarding billing, insurance and payments.

. act on my behalf for the purposes of managing, distributing, and terminating my digital assets. for the purposes of this power of attorney, digital assets shall mean electronic assets that are stored on my computers, electronic devices, or on any online account, as identified in schedule a of this power of attorney. online accounts include, but are not limited to, social-networking sites, online backup services, servers, email accounts, photo and document sharing sites, financial and business accounts, domain names, virtual property, websites, and blogs. an instructional document, titled, letter of instructions with associated websites, usernames, passwords, and related information, is hereby incorporated by reference into this will and shall be distributed to my agent designated in this power of attorney. my agent shall have the power and authority to manage, conduct, and to exercise all of my legal rights and powers relating to my digital assets, including all rights and powers that i may acquire in the future. my agents powers shall include, but not be limited to, the power to access, download, and backup digital assets, convert my file formats, access any and all devices necessary to manage digital assets, and clear computer caches and delete files.

this power of attorney shall be construed broadly as a general power of attorney. the listing of specific powers is not intended to limit or restrict the general powers granted in this power of attorney in any manner.

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perform any act necessary to deposit, negotiate, sell, or transfer any note, bond, security, or draft of the united states of america, including u.s. treasury securities.

institute, supervise, prosecute, defend, intervene in, abandon, compromise, arbitrate, settle, dismiss, and appeal from any and all legal, equitable, judicial or administrative hearings, actions, suits, proceedings, attachments, arrests or distresses, involving me in any way.

the total sale price must be at least .

this power shall include the power to (i) sell upon such terms as my agent shall deem appropriate, subject to the limitations (if any) stated above, (ii) sign any documents (including deeds) that may be required to convey title to such property (including changing tenancy regarding right of survivorship), and (iii) collect and receive the proceeds from any such sale.

if the agent is my legal spouse, then i also hereby appoint of , , as my substitute agent solely for the purpose of releasing any dower, homestead or other inchoate interest or other property rights (of whatever nature), which under local law may not be released by my spouse.

the mortgage amount shall not exceed .

this power shall include the power to (i) mortgage or encumber on such terms as my agent shall deem appropriate, subject to the limitations (if any) stated above, (ii) sign any documents (including a mortgage or deed of trust), and (iii) take any other action that may be required to effect such mortgage or encumbrance.

if the agent is my legal spouse, then i also hereby appoint of , , as my substitute agent solely for the purpose of releasing any dower, homestead or other inchoate interest or other property rights (of whatever nature), which under local law may not be released by my spouse.

this power shall include the power to (i) sign contracts of sale and documents to transfer title (including bills of sale), and (ii) accept a security interest for any unpaid portion of the purchase price.

this power shall include the power to (i) obtain credit upon such terms as my agent may deem appropriate, subject to the limitations (if any) stated above, (ii) sign any documents (including notes, credit agreements, security agreements, and financing statements), and (iii) take any other action that may be required to complete the above transactions.

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this power shall include the power to: (i) make and carry out decisions regarding sales, purchases, employees, loans, and equipment, and (ii) take any action needed (at the discretion of my agent) to operate the business.

this power shall be limited to the power to make decisions in the ordinary course of business, including, but not limited to, decisions regarding sales, purchases, employees, and equipment.

, including, but not limited to, authorization to: . , including, but not limited to, authorization to: . , including, but not limited to, authorization to: .

. prepare, sign, and file income, gift and other tax returns of all kinds with federal, state, local, and other governmental bodies, and any power of attorney form appointing an agent required by the internal revenue service and/or any state or local taxing authority.

. obtain information or documents from any government or its agencies, and represent me in all tax matters, including the authority to negotiate, compromise, or settle any matter with such government or agency.

. prepare applications, provide information, and perform any other act reasonably requested by any government or its agencies in connection with governmental benefits (including medical, military and social security benefits), and to appoint anyone, including my agent, to act as my "representative payee" for the purpose of receiving social security benefits.

-exercise all stock rights on my behalf as my proxy, including all rights with respect to stocks, bonds, debentures, commodities, options or other investments.

-enter into binding contracts on my behalf.

-purchase, maintain, surrender, collect, or cancel (a) life insurance or annuities of any kind on my life or on the life of anyone in whom i have an insurable interest, (b) liability insurance protecting me and my estate against third party claims, (c) hospital insurance, medical insurance, medicare supplement insurance, custodial care insurance, and disability income insurance for me or any of my dependents, and (d) casualty insurance insuring assets of mine against loss or damage due to fire, theft, or other commonly insured risk; to pay all insurance premiums, to select any options under such policies, to increase coverage under any such policy, to borrow against any such policy, to pursue all insurance claims on my behalf, to adjust insurance losses, and the foregoing powers shall apply to private and public plans, including but not limited to medicare, medicaid, ssi and worker's compensation; to designat and change beneficiaries of insurance policies insuring my life and beneficiaries under any annuity contract in which i have an interest; to decrease coverage under or cancel any of these policies described above; to receive and make such disposition of the cash value on termination of any such policy as my agent deems appropriate. however, my agent shall have no power or authority whatsoever with respect to any interest in or incidents of ownership in any policy of insurance i may own on the life of my agent.

-create and contribute to an employee benefit plan, including a plan for a self-employed individual, for my benefit; to elect retirement on my behalf; to select any payment option under any ira or employee benefit plan in which i am a participant, including plans for self-employed individuals, or to change options i have selected; to make voluntary contributions to such plans; to make "roll-overs" of plan benefits into other retirement plans; to apply for and receive payments and benefits; to waive rights given to nonemployee partners or spouses under state or federal law; to borrow money or purchase assets from such plans, if authorized by such plans; to make revocable and irrevocable beneficiary designations and to change revocable beneficiary designations; to consent and/or waive consent in connection with the designation of beneficiaries and the selection of joint and survivor annuities under any employee benefit plan.

-employ professional and business advisors as may be appropriate, including attorneys, accountants, and real estate agents.

-add, delete or change beneficiaries to insurance or annuity accountsretirement accountspayable on death savings accountspayable on death checking accounts. and the following accounts:

act on my behalf for the purposes of managing, distributing, and terminating my digital assets. for the purposes of this power of attorney, digital assets shall mean electronic assets that are stored on my computers, electronic devices, or on any online account, as identified in schedule a of this power of attorney. online accounts include, but are not limited to, social-networking sites, online backup services, servers, email accounts, photo and document sharing sites, financial and business accounts, domain names, virtual property, websites, and blogs. an instructional document, titled, letter of instructions with associated websites, usernames, passwords, and related information, is hereby incorporated by reference into this will and shall be distributed to my agent designated in this power of attorney. my agent shall have the power and authority to manage, conduct, and to exercise all of my legal rights and powers relating to my digital assets, including all rights and powers that i may acquire in the future. my agents powers shall include, but not be limited to, the power to access, download, and backup digital assets, convert my file formats, access any and all devices necessary to manage digital assets, and clear computer caches and delete files.

i hereby grant to my agent the full right, power, and authority to do every act, deed, and thing necessary or advisable to be done regarding the above powers, as fully as i could do if personally present and acting.

any power or authority granted to my agent under this document shall be limited, to the extent necessary, to prevent this power of attorney from causing, (i) my income to be taxable to my agent, (ii) my assets to be subject to a general power of appointment by my agent, or (iii) my agent to have any incidents of ownership with respect to any life insurance policies that i may own on the life of my agent.

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i, , the principal, sign my name to this power of attorney this _____ day of __________ and, being first duly sworn, do declare to the undersigned authority that i sign and execute this instrument as my power of attorney and that i sign it willingly and that i execute it as my free and voluntary act for the purposes expressed in the power of attorney and that i am eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence.

the principal is personally known to me and i believe the principal to be of sound mind. i am eighteen (18) years of age or older. i am not related to the principal by blood or marriage, or related to the attorney-in-fact by blood or marriage. the principal has declared to me that this instrument is his or her power of attorney granting to the named attorney-in-fact the power and authority specified in this document, and that he or she has willingly made and executed it as his or her free and voluntary act for the purposes expressed in this document.

we, the undersigned, hereby certify that the above instrument, which consists of _______ pages, including the pages(s) which contain the witness signatures, was signed in our sight and the presence by (the "principal"), who declared this instrument to be his/her power of attorney and we, at the principal's request and in the principal's sight and presence, and in the sight and presence of each other, do hereby subscribe our names as witnesses on the date shown above.

the foregoing power of attorney was, on the date written above, published and declared by in our presence to be his/her power of attorney. we, in his/her presence and at his/her request, and in the presence of each other, have attested to the same and have signed our names as attesting witnesses.

(may not be the agent, the agent's spouse or child, or the notary public)

(may not be the agent, the agent's spouse or child, or the notary public)

(witnesses may not be under 18 or related by blood or marriage to the principal or to the agent)

(witnesses must be adults and at least one may not be related by blood or marriage to the principal)

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on this _____ day of ____________________, ______, before me, ______________________________, the undersigned officer, personally appeared , ______________________________, and ______________________________, known to me (or proved to me on the oath of ______________________________) to be the persons who are described in and who executed the within and foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same.

before me, a notary public (or justice of the peace) in and for said county, personally appeared the above named , ________________________________, and ________________________________, who acknowledged that they did sign the foregoing instrument, and that the same is their free act and deed. in testimony whereof, i have hereunto subscribed my name at ________________________________, this _____ day of ____________________, ______.

the foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this _____ day of ____________________, ______, by , , and .

the foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me, by means of ☐ physical presence or ☐ online notarization, this _____ day of ____________________, ______ by , who is personally known to me or who has produced ________________________________ as identification.

this instrument was acknowledged before me on this _____ day of ____________________, ______ by .

before me, the undersigned authority, on this ______day of _________________, ______, personally appeared (principal), (witness), and (witness), whose names are signed to the foregoing instrument in their respective capacities, and all of these persons being by me duly sworn, the principal declared to me and to the witnesses in my presence that the instrument is his or her power of attorney, and that the principal has willingly and voluntarily made and executed it as the free act and deed of the principal for the purposes expressed in the document, and the witnesses declared to me that they were each eighteen (18) years of age or over, and that neither of them is related to the principal by blood or marriage, or related to the attorney-in-fact by blood or marriage.

on the _____ day of ____________ in the year ______ before me, the undersigned, a notary public in and for said state, personally appeared , personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted, executed this instrument.

on this _____ day of ____________________, ______, before me personally appeared , to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he/she executed same as his/her free act and deed.

on this _____ day of ____________________, ______, before me, ________________________________, personally appeared , known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that he/she executed the same as for the purposes therein contained.

on this _____ day of ____________________, ______, before me, the undersigned, notary public for the state of vermont, personally appeared , to me known (or to me proved) to be the identical person named in and who executed the above general power of attorney, and acknowledged that such person executed it as such person's voluntary act and deed.

the foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this _____ day of ____________________, ______, by .

in witness whereof, i hereunto set my hand and official seal.

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this power of attorney must be dated and must be acknowledged before a notary public or signed by two witnesses. if the power of attorney is signed by two witnesses, the witnesses must be mentally competent and they must witness the principal's signing of the power of attorney or (2) the principal's signing or acknowledgment of his or her signature. a power of attorney that may affect real property should be acknowledged before a notary public so that it may easily be recorded.

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