Colorado Code § 15-14-726

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(1) Except as otherwise provided in
the power of attorney, by executing a power of attorney that incorporates by reference a subject
described in sections 15-14-727 to 15-14-740 or that grants to an agent authority to do all acts
that a principal could do pursuant to section 15-14-724 (3), a principal authorizes the agent, with
respect to that subject, to:
(a) Demand, receive, and obtain by litigation or otherwise money or another thing of
value to which the principal is, may become, or claims to be entitled and conserve, invest,
disburse, or use anything so received or obtained for the purposes intended;
(b) Contract in any manner with any person, on terms agreeable to the agent, to
accomplish a purpose of a transaction and perform, rescind, cancel, terminate, reform, restate,
release, or modify the contract or another contract made by or on behalf of the principal;
(c) Execute, acknowledge, seal, deliver, file, or record any instrument or communication
the agent considers desirable to accomplish a purpose of a transaction, including creating at any
time a schedule listing some or all of the principal's property and attaching it to the power of
attorney;
(d) Initiate, participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, oppose, or
propose or accept a compromise with respect to a claim existing in favor of or against the
principal or intervene in litigation relating to the claim;
(e) Seek on the principal's behalf the assistance of a court or other governmental agency
to carry out an act authorized in the power of attorney;
(f) Engage, compensate, and discharge an attorney, accountant, discretionary investment
manager, expert witness, or other advisor;
(g) Prepare, execute, and file a record, report, or other document to safeguard or promote
the principal's interest under a statute or regulation;
(h) Communicate with any representative or employee of a government or governmental
subdivision, agency, or instrumentality on behalf of the principal;
(i) Access communications intended for and communicate on behalf of the principal,
whether by mail, electronic transmission, telephone, or other means; and
(j) Do any lawful act with respect to the subject and all property related to the subject.

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