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How can I pass the authority to sign up a housing title form to another person?

My mother and I are going to buy a house here, which means, both her and my name will appear on the housing title. But she is going to China very soon which means she can't be here when signing the housing title form, so she wants to fill in a letter of authority to authorized me the power to sign up the title. Will that be ok? Thank you. Looking forward to ur early reply. Urgent.

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1. You need a Power of Attorney. That is a document by which one person authorizes another person to act for him or her. The person given that authority is called an "attorney-in-fact." The Power of Attorney will specify the exact powers and authority of the attorney-in-fact. If you are using the Power of Attorney in connection with a real estate transaction, the signer's signature must be acknowledged before a notary public. The best way to get this is to have a lawyer draft the document. If you don't want to spend that kind of money, you can obtain a form for a General Power of Attorney from various sources. Sometimes business supply stores carry these printed forms. Also, there are various online services that will provide a form for a relatively modest price. These include findlegalforms.com, allbusiness.com, and docstoc.com, among many others. In fact, I think that microsoft.com has a free template for a Power of Attorney in Microsoft Word format.