Power of Attorney: templates and forms
4 forms available to fill out or download.
Authorisation to drive someone else's vehicle (Poland)
A car owner's authorisation for another person to drive it for a set time and in a set territory — for a trip abroad, or when lending the car to family or an employee. It gives both people's details, the vehicle, the OC policy, what is authorised, and states plainly that selling or passing the car on is not. There is room below the signature for notarisation, which some non-EU countries require.
Special power of attorney for a specific act (pełnomocnictwo szczególne)
A Polish power of attorney for an act beyond ordinary management — selling a car, signing a particular contract, collecting money, handling a specific matter — setting out the act, its limits, how long it lasts, and whether the agent may appoint a substitute or contract with themselves. Where the act needs a special form, the power of attorney needs the same one — selling real estate requires a notarial deed, as the document warns.
Revocation of a power of attorney (odwołanie pełnomocnictwa)
A principal's statement revoking a Polish power of attorney, saying when it was given and what it covered, demanding the document back (art. 102 of the Civil Code) and listing the people and institutions told of the revocation. It takes effect when it reaches the agent, but an act done with someone unaware of the revocation can still stand — so the bank, the office and business partners should be told too.
General power of attorney (pełnomocnictwo ogólne)
A Polish power of attorney for acts of ordinary management — running the principal's day-to-day affairs and property: paying bills, collecting post, managing a let flat, dealing with offices. It must be in writing on pain of nullity (art. 99 § 2 of the Civil Code). The document also states what it does not cover — selling property, loans, gifts — since those need a power of attorney naming the type of act or the act itself.