S704 - COVID-19 Recovery Act . (SL 2020-3)

Overview: Sec. 4.10 of S.L. 2020-3 amends the statutes related to health care powers of attorney and advanced directives for a natural death declaration to waive the requirement that the principal's signature be executed in the presence of two qualified witnesses. This waiver applies if the document is signed by the principal, properly acknowledged before a notary, and contains a short and plain statement indicating that the instrument was executed in accordance with this section. The waiver applies to those documents executed on or after May 4, 2020, and it expired on August 1, 2020.

This section became effective May 4, 2020.