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There is a waiting period before your power of attorney (PoA) can be processed and returned to you. This week we are working on: EPOAR submissions: received on 6 March 2017, 13 week waiting period Manual submissions: received around 13 February 2017, 17 week waiting period We provide an expedited registration service for PoAs “on cause shown”. It is currently taking 3-5 days to process expedited requests. For cases that need to be processed urgently, please email opg@scotcourts.gov.uk
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There is a waiting period before your power of attorney (PoA) can be processed and returned to you. This week we are working on: EPOAR submissions: received on 22 February 2017, 14 week waiting period Manual submissions: received around 6 February 2017, 17 week waiting period We provide an expedited registration service for PoAs “on cause shown”. It is currently taking 3-5 days to process expedited requests. For cases that need to be processed urgently, please email
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There is a waiting period before your power of attorney (PoA) can be processed and returned to you. This week we are working on: EPOAR submissions: received on 20 February 2017, 13 week waiting period Manual submissions: received around 26 January 2017, 17 week waiting period We provide an expedited registration service for PoAs “on cause shown”. It is currently taking 3-5 days to process expedited requests. For cases that need to be processed urgently, please email
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Customers are notified that fees payable to the Public Guardian will be increasing. Please refer to Schedule 3 for the list of fees payable from 1st April 2024. Key points to note: The fee to submit a power of attorney document for registration will increase to £87 Registration fees for intervention or guardianship orders will increase to £97 Registration fees for access to funds (Part 3) also increaseFurther information is available on the fees webpage
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Customers are notified that fees payable to the Public Guardian will increase on 1 November 2024. The Scottish Statutory Instrument 2024 No.240 provides all the details of the forthcoming increase. Key points: Submitting a power of attorney document for registration will increase to £96 Registration fees for intervention or guardianship orders will increase to £107 Registration fees for access to funds (Part 3) also increase to £107 Please see the fees webpage for more information
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and that written evidence is provided to confirm this. When can an attorney start acting? A continuing attorney i.e. an attorney with powers to deal with finances and/or property can begin acting as soon as the PoA is registered with us. However some granters may wish for the attorney to begin, . A welfare attorney can only act during periods of the granter’s incapacity. Can the PoA be changed once
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pages The Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 Power of Attorney - what you need to know Changing and amending a power of attorney Common questions Can you check my PoA prior
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Search EPOAR online service What is EPOAR? EPOAR means 'electronic power of attorney registration' and is a simple and straight forward way to send us your documentation. When we receive your PoA we will check that it meets registration requirements. You need
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We appreciate that in some cases there is a genuine need for a power of attorney (PoA) to be processed urgently due to the granter’s circumstances. We offer an expedited registration service in recognition of this. To request this service we need key information from you and the reason why the PoA is to be given priority over other PoAs. Please complete our form if you wish to request this service. If your request is granted the expedited PoA will usually be processed within 5 working days
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Since March 2020 the majority of powers of attorney (PoA) have been processed electronically under current special measures. For the foreseeable future this practice will continue which means the majority of PoAs received via the postal system will be processed electronically. Please note that the electronic certificate of registration is a proper extract and is not a temporary certificate. It is as valid as those issued with the red seal. As this style of certificate of registration is valid