Free Arkansas Medical Power of Attorney & Advance Directive

Arkansas allows a choice for a healthcare power of attorney: 2 witnesses or a notary.

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Arkansas requires 2 witnesses, each at least 18 years old and present when you sign, and the agent cannot serve as one. At least one witness must be unrelated to you.

Arkansas accepts either the witnesses or a notary acknowledgment; the document carries signature blocks for both paths.

Arkansas provides a statutory form, and a document in substantially that form is accepted. The document prepared here follows the statutory form's substance.

Yes. The Arkansas form carries treatment instructions alongside the agent designation, so one document names your agent and states your own directions. Arkansas also recognizes the Declaration as a document of its own, prepared with the Arkansas living will. A healthcare document covers medical decisions only; a revocable living trust set up with SimplyTrust carries the assets through incapacity and after death.

An adult at least 18 years old. Arkansas places no statutory bar on a healthcare provider serving as agent.

Arkansas Healthcare Power of Attorney

Arkansas allows a choice: either 2 witnesses or a notary public. Some healthcare facilities ask for both for cross-state acceptance. The document carries signature blocks for witnesses and notarization.

A healthcare power of attorney designates someone to make medical decisions on your behalf if you become unable to communicate. In Arkansas, without this document, those decisions fall to a court-appointed guardian or leave your family without clear authority.

Your agent can consent to or refuse treatments, access your medical records, and advocate for your care preferences. The Arkansas form carries treatment instructions alongside the agent designation, so one document names the agent and states your own directions.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 15, 2026

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Act 1264 of 2013 § 2; Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-103

Data sourced from Arkansas statutes and official state code. How we research.

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Free Arkansas Medical Power of Attorney & Advance Directive

Arkansas allows a choice for a healthcare power of attorney: 2 witnesses or a notary.

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Free Arkansas Medical Power of Attorney & Advance Directive

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