# Nebraska's Statutory Power of Attorney

Source: https://legacylegalai.com/guides/nebraska-statutory-power-of-attorney-guide

Nebraska's statutory power of attorney (Neb. Rev. Stat. 30-4041) grants authority by hand-initialing. Its subject list is shorter than most: thirteen entries, with no digital-assets subject and no separate safe-deposit line. Knowing what is missing matters as much as knowing what is there.

**Self-help and legal-information notice:** Legacy Legal AI is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. This article provides general information about Nebraska law, not advice for your situation, and is not a substitute for the advice or services of a licensed Nebraska attorney.

## The thirteen subjects

You initial each subject you want to include. An 'All Preceding Subjects' line grants every one of them at once.

- Real Property; Tangible Personal Property.
- Stocks and Bonds; Commodities and Options.
- Banks and Other Financial Institutions — safe-deposit access rides here.
- Operation of Entity or Business; Insurance and Annuities.
- Estates, Trusts, and Other Beneficial Interests; Claims and Litigation.
- Personal and Family Maintenance; Benefits from Governmental Programs or Civil or Military Service.
- Retirement Plans; Taxes.

## No digital-assets subject

Nebraska's statutory form has no line for email, cloud accounts, or other digital property. Nebraska handles fiduciary access to digital assets separately, at Neb. Rev. Stat. 30-501 to 30-525.

If digital access matters to your situation, that is a gap in this form to raise with a Nebraska attorney rather than to improvise around.

## The specific-authority block

Seven powers sit outside the general grant and take their own initials: creating or changing trusts, making gifts (limited by Neb. Rev. Stat. 30-4022), changing rights of survivorship, changing beneficiary designations, delegating your agent's authority, waiving a joint and survivor annuity right, and exercising delegable fiduciary powers.

Each can move property out of your estate or change who receives it at your death.

## Signing

Neb. Rev. Stat. 30-4005 gives three ways to sign: you sign your own name, you mark the document under Neb. Rev. Stat. 64-105.02, or someone you direct signs your name in your conscious presence. A signature or mark is presumed genuine once you acknowledge it before a notary public.

If you sign your own name, no witnesses are required. Both of the alternatives do need them: a signature by mark, and a notary signing for a principal physically unable to sign, each call for two witnesses unaffected by the document who sign beside it (Neb. Rev. Stat. 64-105.02(1) and (2)).

Initial the lines yourself. A blank line grants nothing, and nobody can initial on your behalf.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can my agent access my online accounts?

Not through this form's subject list — Nebraska's statutory POA has no digital-assets subject. Nebraska addresses fiduciary digital access separately at 30-501 to 30-525.

### Is there a safe-deposit box line?

Not a separate one. Safe-deposit access comes through the banks-and-other-financial-institutions subject.

### Does this cover medical decisions?

No. Nebraska uses a separate power of attorney for health care under Neb. Rev. Stat. 30-3401 and following.

### What if I leave a subject blank?

Your agent does not get it. The form grants by initialing, so blanks withhold.