Bilingual Powers of Attorney drafted and executed for use inside Thailand and abroad — general and specific POAs for land registry, DBD company filings, tax, banking, and litigation, sealed by a Notarial Services Attorney and legalised through MFA + Apostille.
A Thai POA carries THB 10 stamp duty for a single act or THB 30 for multiple acts under the Revenue Code stamp-duty schedule item 7. The principal signs before two witnesses. To use the POA abroad the document must be notarised by a Thai Notarial Services Attorney, legalised by MFA, and Apostilled (Thailand acceded on 30 June 2026 (in force for Thailand 28 February 2027)).
A General POA covers routine acts within ordinary scope — useful for absentee asset management. A Specific POA names one matter (transfer land title deed no. X; file PND.90 tax year Y). Thai authorities (Land Office, DBD, Revenue) reject overly broad POAs and require the specific form.
Schedule item 7(a) — POA for one or more persons to perform a single act: THB 10. Item 7(b) — multiple acts: THB 30. Item 7(c) — two or more attorneys to act separately: multiplied by attorney count. The stamp must be cancelled at affixing, otherwise the document is deemed unstamped and inadmissible in court under §118.
Three-step chain: (1) Notarial Services Attorney certifies the principal's signature (2) MFA authenticates the notary (3) Apostille for the 125 Hague states — Thailand acceded on 30 June 2026 (in force for Thailand 28 February 2027) — or consular legalisation at the destination embassy for non-Hague states.
A POA executed abroad must be notarised by a foreign notary public, then Apostilled (Hague) or legalised by the Thai embassy in that country, then translated into Thai by an MFA-registered translator. Only then will Thai authorities accept the document.
1) Missing title deed / company registration numbers 2) POA dated more than 90 days before the transaction (Land Office rule) 3) Witnesses from the attorney's household 4) Stamp duty missing or under-paid 5) Principal's signature not matching the DBD specimen.
Choose General POA or Specific POA (Land Office, DBD, court, Revenue Department, bank) — our lawyers draft to match the receiving authority's template.
Copies of principal and attorney ID/passport, plus asset evidence (title deed, Bor.Or.Jor.5, bank passbook) tied to the authority granted.
Sign before two witnesses, or before a Notarial Attorney for overseas use. Affix and cancel the stamp duty per Revenue Code §103.
Certified English translation → MFA Department of Consular Affairs → Apostille (Hague states) or embassy legalisation (non-Hague such as mainland China).
Original by courier plus colour PDF for online filings.
The CCC sets no expiry, but Land Offices treat POAs older than 90 days as stale; DBD accepts up to one year.
Yes. Section 826 of the Civil and Commercial Code terminates the mandate automatically when the principal dies, so the attorney loses all authority from that moment. Control of the assets passes to the estate, and an heir must petition the court to be appointed estate administrator before any further dealing is valid.
Written notice to the attorney and any third party the attorney is dealing with, plus filing with the relevant authority (Land Office / DBD) to lock the record.
No. Thai government offices including the Land Department, the DBD and district offices only accept Thai-language instruments, so a certified Thai translation must accompany the English text. The cleanest approach is a single bilingual document signed and notarised once, which avoids any argument about which version controls.
Forging a power of attorney falls under Penal Code sections 264 to 266, carrying six months to five years' imprisonment and a fine of THB 10,000 to 100,000. Where the forgery touches land title deeds or official documents the courts sentence at the higher end, and any transaction executed on it is void.
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