Section 506:5 Powers of Attorney; Effect of Death of Principal.

No agency created by a power of attorney in writing given by a principal who is in the military service of the United States, whether a member of the army of the United States, the United States navy, the marine corps, the coast guard, or otherwise detailed for duty with the armed forces of the United States, or given by a principal subsequently entering such service, shall be revoked or terminated by the death of the principal while in such service as to one who, without notice of such death, in good faith and under circumstances repelling the imputation of fraud or negligence, deals with the agent of such principal, believing upon good reason that the agency still exists.

Source. 1943, 162:1, eff. May 5, 1943.