# Ohio — Financial power of attorney execution requirements by US state — notary, witnesses, or both, quoted from the state's own statute

For Ohio, statute is Ohio Rev. Code § 1337.25, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Ohio _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Execution requirement:** A power of attorney must be signed by the principal or in the principal's conscious presence by another individual directed by the principal to sign the principal's name on the power of attorney. A signature on a power of attorney is presumed to be genuine if the principal acknowledges the signature before a notary public _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** Ohio Rev. Code § 1337.25 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> A power of attorney must be signed by the principal or in the principal's conscious presence by another individual directed by the principal to sign the principal's name on the power of attorney. A signature on a power of attorney is presumed to be genuine if the principal acknowledges the signature before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Statute

> Section 1337.25 | Execution of power of attorney. <https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code> Ohio Revised Code

## Source

- https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1337.25

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2028-09-01.
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