755 ILCS 45/2-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 45/ - Illinois Power of Attorney Act.|Article II - Durable Powers Of Attorney

 (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 802-8)Sec. 2-8. Reliance on  document purporting to establish an  agency.(a) Any person who acts in good faith  reliance on a copy of  a document purporting to establish an agency will be fully protected and  released to  the same extent as though the reliant had dealt directly with the  named  principal  as a fully-competent person.  The  named  agent shall furnish an affidavit or Agent's Certification and Acceptance of Authority to the  reliant on demand stating that the instrument relied on is a true copy of  the agency and that, to the best of the  named  agent's knowledge, the named principal is  alive and the relevant powers of the  named  agent have not been altered or  terminated; but good faith reliance on  a document purporting to establish an agency will protect the reliant  without the affidavit or Agent's Certification and Acceptance of Authority.(b)  Upon request, the named agent in a power of attorney shall furnish an Agent's Certification and Acceptance of Authority to the reliant in substantially the following form:AGENT'S CERTIFICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF AUTHORITY I, .......... (insert name of agent), certify that the attached is a true copy of a power of attorney naming the undersigned as agent or successor agent for ............. (insert name of principal).I certify that to the best of my knowledge the principal had the capacity to execute the power of attorney,  is alive, and has not revoked the power of attorney; that my powers as agent have not been altered or terminated; and that the power of attorney remains in full force and effect.I accept appointment as agent under this power of attorney.This certification and acceptance is made under penalty of perjury.*Dated: ................................... (Agent's Signature) ....................... (Print Agent's Name) ....................... (Agent's Address)*(NOTE: Perjury is defined in Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 2012, and  is a Class 3 felony.)(c)  Any person dealing with an agent  named in a copy of a document purporting to establish an agency  may presume, in  the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, that the  document purporting to establish the  agency was  validly executed,  that the agency was validly established,  that the named principal was competent at the time  of execution, and that, at the time of reliance, the  named  principal is alive,  the agency  was validly established  and has not terminated or been amended, the relevant powers of the  named  agent were properly and validly granted and have not terminated or  been amended, and the acts of the  named  agent conform to the standards of this Act.  No person relying on  a copy of a document purporting to establish an agency shall be required to see to the application  of any property delivered to or controlled by the  named  agent or to question the  authority of the  named  agent.(d)  Each person to whom a direction by the named agent in  accordance with the terms of the  copy of the document purporting to establish an  agency is communicated shall comply with  that direction, and any person who fails to comply arbitrarily or without  reasonable cause shall be subject to civil liability for any damages  resulting from noncompliance.  A health care provider who complies with Section 4-7 shall not be  deemed to have acted arbitrarily or without reasonable cause.  (Source: P.A. 96-1195, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)