Does a Power of Attorney Continue After Death in the UAE?

An Inheritance Administration Power of Attorney may authorise a living principal’s agent to complete defined, delegable administrative acts connected with a family or inheritance matter. The instrument does not determine succession, prove heirship, create a will, appoint a guardian or replace a court order.

The starting question is not “Is this a family matter?” but “What exact act must the agent perform, and can that act be delegated?” Sensitive or disputed matters may require independent legal advice or a different instrument.

This service is for a living principal who meets the capacity and age requirements of the applicable channel. Under Article 84 of the current UAE Civil Transactions Law, the age of majority is 18 Gregorian years. Capacity and channel evidence remain case-specific. Eligibility is confirmed before drafting.

What the POA may be written to cover

Subject to current law and recipient rules, a tailored document may address:

  • collecting or submitting identified family-status or estate documents;
  • corresponding with a named administrative organisation;
  • completing a defined application or procedural step;
  • receiving records or certificates where permitted;
  • dealing with a specified asset-administration task after authority has been established; or
  • representing the principal for another clearly delegable administrative act.

The scope should identify the matter, organisation, documents and limits. It should not use broad family language to conceal disputed or non-delegable decisions.

Matters that require a different route

This product does not itself:

  • make or replace a will;
  • determine heirs, inheritance shares or beneficial entitlement;
  • authorise a deceased person to grant new authority;
  • appoint a guardian or decide custody;
  • create a medical or healthcare directive;
  • resolve a dispute or provide court advocacy; or
  • decide whether a contested act can lawfully be delegated.

Under the current Civil Transactions Law, ordinary agency may terminate on death or loss of legal capacity subject to the law’s stated exception. Do not describe a family POA as automatically surviving those events.

Information and documents to prepare

  • principal and agent identity documents;
  • exact description of the administrative act;
  • receiving organisation and any prescribed form;
  • family-status, death, succession, asset or court record relevant to that act;
  • evidence that the principal has authority for the underlying matter;
  • existing judgment, certificate or legal instrument on which the administrative act depends; and
  • any deadline or reference number.

How the POAS process works

  1. Open the Inheritance Administration Power of Attorney file and pay online. The POAS fee is AED 1,899 + VAT.
  2. Send the identities, intended act, recipient and supporting authority records.
  3. POAS checks whether the request fits this listed service and the supported execution route.
  4. Review the tailored powers and every factual reference.
  5. Complete the identity and execution steps required by the applicable licensed notary.
  6. Present the completed document to the receiving organisation, which makes its own jurisdiction and acceptance decision.

Private-notary, government, translation, courier and other third-party charges are separate unless expressly included.

How the POAS process works

Select Inheritance Administration Power of Attorney and pay online.

Send the identities, underlying authority documents and intended outcome.

POAS confirms whether the request fits the service and prepares a tailored template.

You check names, relationships, reference details and the exact authority granted.

POAS coordinates notarisation with an independent Dubai Courts-licensed private notary.

The notary performs its own identity, capacity and document checks and decides whether to notarise.

POAS targets completion by the next business day once complete and suitable information has been received. Family and inheritance records, missing evidence, translation needs, eligibility and private-notary/Dubai Courts capacity can make the process longer.

The checkout amount is the POAS service fee plus VAT. Notary, government, translation, courier and other third-party charges are quoted separately when applicable.

FAQs

No new agency can be granted by a person after death. Existing authority and estate administration must be assessed under the applicable succession and procedural framework.

No. Those questions depend on the applicable legal and official process, not on a POA drafted by POAS.

A document may address defined authority, but professional representation and court procedure are separate and may require a qualified advocate or different approval.

Not through this service. Guardianship, custody and healthcare decisions may require different legal instruments and competent-authority approval.

POAS pauses before drafting, explains the supported alternative where one exists, and applies the route/refund rules in the Refund Policy.

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