A special power of attorney is issued for one or several specifically named acts — selling a car, transacting in real estate or carrying out a banking operation — and this precision is its main advantage over a broad power of attorney. A notary certifies transactions in cases established by law or by agreement of the parties, and the notarisation of a special power of attorney takes place within exactly that framework. On this page we explain how we draft powers of attorney for vehicles, real estate and banking, and which notarial safeguards attach to them at certification.
What a special power of attorney is and why it is safe
The essence of a special power of attorney is that the attorney’s authority is confined to the acts named precisely in the document: the sale of a particular vehicle, a transaction concerning particular property, or specifically listed banking operations. Such a document cannot be used for another purpose, because its boundaries are readable and verifiable by every party — this is the core difference from powers of attorney with general wording.
We always start from the question of which concrete result the power of attorney must achieve: the structure of the text follows from the answer, and only then does the document go to notarisation. A notarial act may, at a person’s request, be performed by any notary, so location is never a problem — the only problem is a poorly drafted text.