§ 3-9-203 — Construction of authority generally

Wyoming § 3-9-203

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 03: Guardian and Ward
• Ch. 9: UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT
• Art. 2: AUTHORITY

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(a) Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney,
by executing a power of attorney that incorporates by reference
a subject described in W.S. 3-9-204 through 3-9-217 or that
grants to an agent authority to do all the acts a principal may
do pursuant to W.S. 3-9-201(c), a principal authorizes the
agent, with respect to the subject, to:
(i) Demand, receive and obtain by litigation or
otherwise any money or other thing of value to which the
principal is, may become or claims to be entitled to and
conserve, invest, disburse or use anything so received or
obtained for the purposes intended;
(ii) Contract in any manner with any person, on terms
agreeable to the agent, to accomplish a purpose of a transaction
and perform, rescind, cancel, terminate, reform, restate,
release or modify the contract or any other contract made by or
on behalf of the principal;
(iii) Execute, acknowledge, seal, deliver, file or
record any instrument or communication the agent considers
desirable to accomplish a purpose of a transaction, including
creating at any time a schedule listing some or all of the
principal's property and attaching the schedule to the power of
attorney;
(iv) Initiate, participate in, submit to alternative
dispute resolution, settle, oppose or propose or accept a
compromise with respect to a claim existing in favor of or
against the principal or intervene in litigation relating to the
claim;
(v) Seek on the principal's behalf the assistance of
a court or other governmental agency to carry out an act
authorized in the power of attorney;
(vi) Engage, compensate and discharge an attorney,
accountant, discretionary investment manager, expert witness or
other advisor;
(vii) Prepare, execute and file a record, report or
other document to safeguard or promote the principal's interest
under a statute or regulation;
(viii) Communicate with any representative or
employee of a government or governmental subdivision, agency or
instrumentality on behalf of the principal;
(ix) Access communications intended for and
communicate on behalf of the principal whether by mail,
electronic transmission, telephone or other means;
(x) Do any lawful act with respect to the subject and
all property related to the subject.