A North Dakota motor vehicle power of attorney form is a document that lets a car owner, called the principal, name another person, called the agent, to handle matters for one vehicle. Those tasks can include registering, buying, selling, or making claims for the car. This type of power of attorney is made for motor vehicle matters in North Dakota, and the template below lets you create one online or download it as a PDF.
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The template names a principal, who owns the vehicle, and an agent, who acts for the principal. It describes one vehicle by make, model, year, VIN and odometer reading, and it has room for a successor agent.
Important aspects of the vehicle power of attorney in North Dakota include:
In North Dakota, the law governing the continuation of a power of attorney after the principal’s death is outlined in NDCC 30.1-30-04 (5-504).[1] This section of the North Dakota Century Code states that a power of attorney is not automatically revoked upon the principal’s death until the agent receives actual notice of the death.[1]
| Document Name | North Dakota Motor Vehicle Power of Attorney Form |
| State Form Name | None |
| Relevant Link | North Dakota Department of Transportation |
| Avg. Time to Fill Out | 15 minutes |
| # of Fillable Fields | 25 |
| Available Formats | Adobe PDF |
These steps follow the FormsPal template on this page, one part of the form at a time. Fill in the PDF with the online PDF editor or on your own device, and keep names and addresses identical from page to page.
The screenshots under each step show the FormsPal North Dakota North Dakota Motor Vehicle Power of Attorney template filled with sample entries in blue, so you can see where each answer goes. The names, addresses, dates and amounts are examples only.
Principal and agent
On page 1, write your full name and current address in the first sentence. In the same sentence, add the agent’s full name and address.
The motor vehicle
Under “involving the following motor vehicle,” fill in Make, Model, Year, VIN Number and Odometer. Use Other Identifying Characteristics for anything else that identifies the vehicle.
Social Security Number/Tax ID Number and date of birth
Enter your Social Security Number or Tax ID Number and your date of birth in the two blanks on page 1. The EFFECTIVE DATE line below them is printed text, so there is nothing to fill in.
Successor Attorney-in-Fact
On page 2, repeat the agent’s name in the first blank. Then enter the alternate agent’s name and address. The alternate agent takes over if the first agent is unable or unwilling to serve.
Date, signature and printed name
Fill in the day, month and year on the “Signed this” line. Then sign on the signature line and print your name beneath it.
Acknowledgment: county, date, officer and principal
On page 3, under STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, enter the county and the date. Add the name and title of the officer, and your name as the person who appeared before the officer.
Officer signature and seal
The notary public or other officer signs on the Signature line and adds the seal, below “WITNESS my hand and official seal.”
Once the template is filled in, three steps are left: check the effective date, get the document notarized, and share copies. Go through them in order and keep a copy of the signed document for your own records.
Check the Effective Date
Determine when a power of attorney will become effective. Typically, it is effective immediately upon signing unless specified otherwise. Note that this document will continue to be effective until you revoke it.
Notarize the Document
North Dakota's power of attorney chapter, the Uniform Durable Power of Attorney Act, covers only durable powers of attorney, so it sets no signing formality for this template, which is not durable.[1] Notarizing it is still common. Take the document to a notary public. The notary will verify your identity and witness your signature before affixing the seal and signing the acknowledgment section.
Distribute Copies
Provide a copy of the notarized document to your agent and keep the original in a safe place. You may also want to give copies to relevant third parties, such as the Department of Motor Vehicles or a vehicle dealership involved in a transaction.
It is a document in which a vehicle owner, the principal, names another person, the agent, to act for them on one vehicle. The FormsPal template lists the vehicle by make, model, year, VIN and odometer reading.
Gather these details first, so you can fill in the template in one sitting:
Yes. Page 2 of the template has a Successor Attorney-in-Fact section where you enter an alternate agent’s name and address.
Yes. Download the PDF, type your answers into the blanks, and print the pages. You can also create the document online with the button at the top of this page.
The template describes a single vehicle. Fill in a separate copy for each additional vehicle so every document lists its own VIN.
General information, not legal or tax advice.
