Trust, Verified
A power of attorney is only as trustworthy as the certainty that it hasn't been revoked. POALock puts a barcode and plain-language verification instructions on the instrument itself — so any bank, hospital, title company, or counterparty can confirm its status in seconds, and the principal can revoke it with notice to the world the moment circumstances change.
The Problem
A signed, notarized power of attorney looks exactly the same the day after the principal revokes it as it did the day it was executed. Third parties are left to accept it on faith — or refuse it out of caution. The registry closes that gap: the instrument carries a unique code that reveals one thing only, in real time — ACTIVE or REVOKED.
How It Works
Create a new power of attorney with the builder, or register one you already have. The registry issues a unique verification code and barcode, plus a private management key only you hold.
Print the verification rider — barcode, QR code, and instructions to third parties — and attach it to the executed instrument. Documents created with the builder include it automatically.
A person presented with the instrument scans the barcode or types the code on the verification page and instantly sees ACTIVE or REVOKED — never the document itself.
Upload the executed document and issue retrieval passwords to the specific parties you choose. Code plus password unlocks the full document; the code alone never does.
Declare the instrument inactive at any moment. From that instant, every status check anywhere returns REVOKED, with the date the revocation was declared.
The builder produces durable and springing powers of attorney for every U.S. jurisdiction, based on the Uniform Power of Attorney Act statutory-form powers, with the verification language embedded.
New · Capacity-Confirmation Video
The most common attack on a power of attorney is the claim that the principal lacked capacity when it was signed. POALock lets the principal answer six standard questions on video — stating their name, that they understand what they executed, whom they appointed as their agent, which powers (letters) they initialed, that they acted free of duress, and that the document reflects their wishes — recorded right in the browser at execution and stored with the registration. When a bank or a court needs it years later, the parties you authorize can watch the principal answer for themselves, date-stamped and side by side with the executed document. Contemporaneous evidence, preserved before anyone thought to fight.
Who It's For
Banks, hospitals, brokerages, title companies, and closing attorneys: before you honor an instrument, check the code printed on it. Ten seconds, no account, no access to the document — just the answer you actually need.
Principals: create or register your power of attorney, control who can see the full document, and keep the power to take it back — publicly, instantly, and on the record — for as long as you have capacity to do so.
Create and register verified POAs for your clients — the verification record carries your name and phone as attorney of record, you bill the client whatever you choose, and POALock remits 25% of the registry fee plus your full markup. Your client alone holds revocation.
Pre-launch preview. This site is under development and has not launched. Registrations currently run in pilot mode and are stored in the browser that created them; at launch the registry will run on a secure server so codes verify from any device, anywhere.
Plans & Pricing
Create a power of attorney from $79, register one for $99, or do both for $149 — with the capacity-confirmation video as a $49 add-on. Status checks are $15 each, with monthly plans for banks, title companies, and law firms that verify regularly, and an institutional program for high-volume verifiers quoted exclusively by phone.