Power of Attorney, Statutory
Pennsylvania law provides simplified language for specific individual powers that may be used in a power of attorney to grant all the associated authority outlined by the law. A power of attorney that uses only these simple phrases is known as a "statutory power of attorney."

For Example:
If a power of attorney gives the agent the "power to enter safe deposit boxes" by using that phrase, the agent actually has the power to:

"enter any safe deposit box in the name of the principal; add to or remove the contents of such box, open and close safe deposit boxes in the name of the principal; however, the agent shall not deposit or keep in any safe deposit box of the principal any property in which the agent has a personal interest."

As shown, this permits brevity of language without restricting the agent's authority over any particular matter that is mentioned by the statute.

See: Powers, Scope; Power of Attorney, Revoking; Power of Attorney, Delivery