4450
. By executing a statutory form power of attorney with respect
to a subject listed in Section 4401, the principal, except as limited
or extended by the principal in the power of attorney, empowers the
agent, for that subject, to do all of the following:
(a) Demand, receive, and obtain by litigation or otherwise, money
or other thing of value to which the principal is, may become, or
claims to be entitled, and conserve, invest, disburse, or use
anything so received for the purposes intended.
(b) Contract in any manner with any person, on terms agreeable to
the agent, to accomplish a purpose of a transaction, and perform,
rescind, reform, release, or modify the contract or another contract
made by or on behalf of the principal.
(c) Execute, acknowledge, seal, and deliver a deed, revocation,
mortgage, lease, notice, check, release, or other instrument the
agent considers desirable to accomplish a purpose of a transaction.
(d) Prosecute, defend, submit to arbitration, settle, and propose
or accept a compromise with respect to, a claim existing in favor of
or against the principal or intervene in litigation relating to the
claim.
(e) Seek on the principal's behalf the assistance of a court to
carry out an act authorized by the power of attorney.
(f) Engage, compensate, and discharge an attorney, accountant,
expert witness, or other assistant.
(g) Keep appropriate records of each transaction, including an
accounting of receipts and disbursements.
(h) Prepare, execute, and file a record, report, or other document
the agent considers desirable to safeguard or promote the principal'
s interest under a statute or governmental regulation.
(i) Reimburse the agent for expenditures properly made by the
agent in exercising the powers granted by the power of attorney.
(j) In general, do any other lawful act with respect to the
subject.