2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 26.16.070: Powers of attorney as to separate estate.

    A husband or wife may make and execute powers of attorney for the sale, conveyance, transfer or encumbrance of his or her separate estate both real and personal, without the other spouse joining in the execution thereof. Such power of attorney shall be acknowledged and certified in the manner provided by law for the conveyance of real estate. Nor shall anything herein contained be so construed as to prevent either husband or wife from appointing the other his or her attorney in fact for the purposes provided in this section.

    [1888 c 27 § 2; RRS § 10573.]

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