Instruments

Draft a special power of attorney that grants what you meant.

A special power is strictly construed: a power not stated is not granted. That single rule is why most SPA problems are drafting problems — the agent turns up at the bank, the Registry of Deeds or the LTO with authority that does not quite cover the act. And where land is sold through an agent, art. 1874 makes written authority not merely advisable but a condition of validity.

Notarised instrument 6 required elements No citations — by design 5 credits
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  1. 01

    Describe the document in one sentence

    Type what you need in plain language — "draft a special power of attorney" plus the facts you already have. No template to hunt, no blank Word file to start from.

  2. 02

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    BatasDB matches the request to a special power of attorney and writes it against the 6 required elements on this page.

  3. 03

    Fill the marked blanks

    Names, dates, amounts and other facts you did not supply come back as marked blanks, counted at the top of the draft. Rewrite freely in the editor.

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Drafted from

Civil Code art. 1878 (acts requiring a special power of attorney)

This shapes the checklist below and the form of the document. It is not emitted into your draft as a citation — this document type does not conventionally cite authority, so BatasDB skips library retrieval for it entirely rather than padding a simple document with citations.

The checklist

What a special power of attorney has to contain.

These are the elements BatasDB drafts against — injected into the generation itself, not checked afterwards. Where you have not supplied what an element needs, the draft leaves a marked blank instead of writing something plausible.

  1. 01

    The principal

    Full name, age, civil status, citizenship, residence — and competent proof of identity: type of ID, ID number, and date and place of issue.

  2. 02

    The attorney-in-fact

    The same details, for the person receiving the authority.

  3. 03

    The powers, enumerated specifically

    A special power is strictly construed and a power not stated is not granted, so the draft enumerates rather than gestures at "all acts necessary".

  4. 04

    The subject property or account

    Exactly identified, including title or account numbers.

  5. 05

    Duration and revocation

    The period of effectivity and how the authority may be revoked.

  6. 06

    The acknowledgment

    An SPA for acts under art. 1878 is customarily notarised, and must be for registrable transactions. The acknowledgment is appended by the app from the 2004 Rules on Notarial Practice — not written by the AI from memory.

Not written by the AI

The formal parts are assembled, not generated.

The scaffolding a special power of attorney needs is appended by the app from the rule that requires it. The drafting model does not write these and is explicitly told not to, so they cannot drift, be paraphrased, or come out subtly wrong.

  • the venue heading at the top — "Republic of the Philippines) … ) S.S."
  • the notarial acknowledgment, which is not a jurat

What it leaves to you

The gaps are marked, not filled.

Facts you did not supply

Every name, date, amount, docket number and address you did not give comes out as a marked blank — [FACT NEEDED: …] — rather than as a plausible invention. They are counted at the top of the draft and highlighted in the Word and PDF exports.

Assertions it made on its own

A gate reads the drafted text for concrete assertions that trace back to nothing you said and nothing that was retrieved, and rewrites each as [CONFIRM: …] for you to check before you sign.

The judgment

Every draft carries a standing notice: AI-generated draft — review before filing or signing. Not legal advice. It is a first draft for a lawyer, not a filing-ready document.

FAQ

Special Power of Attorney: questions lawyers ask.

Does a special power of attorney have to be notarised?
For a registrable transaction, yes — and in practice banks, registries and government offices require it regardless. The draft carries the venue heading and the notarial acknowledgment (not a jurat: Rule II of the 2004 Rules on Notarial Practice distinguishes the two, and an instrument takes an acknowledgment).
Can one SPA cover "all acts necessary"?
That is the defect to avoid. A special power is strictly construed, and a power not stated is not granted — which is why the checklist requires the powers to be enumerated specifically rather than described in general terms.
What if the agent will sell land?
Then written authority is not optional. Under Civil Code art. 1874 a sale of land through an agent is void unless the agent’s authority is in writing. The same point drives the authority-to-sell item in our offer-to-purchase format.

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