Notarial Services

Powers of Attorney

Authority to act on your behalf in Thailand while you are elsewhere — drafted narrowly enough to be safe and specifically enough to be accepted.

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Owners who cannot attend a Land Office transfer in person
Shareholders and directors abroad during a company filing
People needing bank, tax or vehicle matters handled in their absence
Heirs and family members managing matters from overseas

Special powers of attorney for a single, defined transaction

General powers of attorney, where the situation genuinely needs one

The prescribed official forms where an authority requires its own

Certification of your signature on the instrument

Powers executed abroad and brought into use in Thailand

Revocation instruments, and notifying the right parties

Define exactly what the attorney-in-fact must be able to do
Check whether the receiving office prescribes its own form
Draft the instrument with its scope, limits and expiry
Sign and have the signature certified
Complete any legalisation required for use
Revoke and notify once the task is complete

Documents to prepare

Passport or Thai ID card of the person granting the power
Identification details of the person receiving it
Documents describing the transaction — title deed, account, filing
Company affidavit, where the power is given by a company
The office or bank’s form or requirements, if provided

Special, in almost every case. A special power names the transaction, the property or account, and the limits — which is both safer for you and more readily accepted by registrars and banks. A general power is a large amount of trust in written form; it should be a deliberate decision, not a convenience.

Yes, and it is common — but it usually has to be certified where you sign it and then legalised at the Thai embassy there before a Thai authority will act on it. Confirm the chain before signing; a power of attorney rejected at the counter costs the whole transaction its date. NOTARIAL_LIMITS

Often not — several authorities require their own prescribed form, completed exactly, with the transaction described in the terms they use. This is the most common reason a power of attorney fails on the day. We prepare the instrument in the form the specific office actually wants.

By revoking it in writing and — critically — notifying both the attorney-in-fact and every office or bank that holds a copy. Revocation that nobody is told about protects nobody, and acts done before notice can still bind you. We prepare the revocation and the notifications together.

Acts within the written scope generally bind you toward third parties who dealt in good faith, whatever was agreed privately — which is why the scope, not the trust, is the real protection. Drafting narrowly, adding an expiry, and revoking promptly when the task is done are the practical safeguards.

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Chanin Taongern

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Pongsanan Taongern

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