Power of Attorney in Thailand: Real Estate, Banking & Company
How to draft and notarize a Power of Attorney in Thailand for real estate transactions, bank account management, and company representation.
A Power of Attorney (POA) allows another person to act on your behalf in Thailand. iLC drafts, translates, and notarizes POAs for real estate transactions, bank account management, company representation, court proceedings, and visa applications.
Common POA scenarios
- Buying or selling a condo without being in Thailand
- Managing a Thai bank account from abroad
- Representing your company at the DBD
- Visa or work-permit renewal by HR
Drafting & notarization
iLC drafts bilingual (Thai-English) POAs aligned with the Thai Civil & Commercial Code and notarizes them in-house. Add MFA and embassy legalization if the POA is used in another country. See our POA service.
Frequently asked questions
Does a POA need to be notarized?
Yes for international use; some Thai authorities (Land Office, banks) accept signed-and-witnessed POAs but notarization is strongly recommended.
Can iLC draft the POA?
Yes. We provide bilingual templates customized to your transaction and notarized by our Notarial Services Attorney.
Go deeper on Corporate and company document certification
These guides outline possible certification steps; confirm the receiving authority's current requirements before filing:
- Step-by-step playbook: documents, order of certification, rejection risks
- Route comparison: which certification path your receiving authority accepts
Not sure which route applies? Send us the scan — LINE @THAIL · 092-0170000 · Contact@thailaw-accounting.co.th
Documents usually required
- Freshly issued company affidavit and certificate of registration
- Memorandum and articles of association, or the current shareholder list
- Board resolution or power of attorney signed by the authorised director
- ID or passport copies of the authorised signatories
Common reasons a bundle is rejected
- Company affidavits are usually accepted only within a short validity window.
- Director names and job titles must match the registered filing exactly.
- Spell every name exactly as it appears in the passport, across every document in the same bundle.
Prefer not to handle the chain yourself? Send the scans and we run every step for you, from translation to the final endorsement.
How the process runs — Corporate and company document certification
- Obtain freshly issued corporate records covering the whole group of entities involved.
- Prepare the board resolution or power of attorney signed by the authorised director.
- Translate using the registered English company name and the job titles exactly as filed.
- Complete the certification route the counterparty or destination authority requires.
- Deliver the certified set together with copies for internal corporate records.
Fees and processing times are set by each authority and vary by document and destination — confirm them with the responsible agency.
Handling it yourself vs letting iLC run it
| Aspect | Doing it yourself | With iLC |
|---|---|---|
| Working out which steps apply | You read each authority's rules yourself, and usually learn a step was missing only after the bundle is refused. | Our advisers review the documents before work starts and sequence translation, notarisation, MFA, and embassy in one pass. |
| Time spent filing | Repeat trips to each office, queueing and collecting in person. | We file on your behalf; you send scans and receive the finished set by post or courier. |
| Risk that the translation is refused | Agency names, job titles, and the certification wording often do not match what the receiving office accepts. | We use terminology and certificate formats the receiving authority has accepted before, with two-stage proof-reading. |
| If the bundle is rejected | You diagnose the cause and refile yourself, losing a full cycle. | We identify the cause, correct it, and refile without you starting over, with progress reported along the way. |
What clients typically use this for
- Foreign subsidiary registration
- Bank account opening abroad
- Tender and contract submissions
An advisor, not only a document processor
Before any work starts, our team assesses how many certification layers your document actually needs, which authorities are involved, and the correct order for the office you will really file with. One step out of order usually means restarting the whole bundle. More than 15 years of cross-border document work means we recognise how each authority rejects files and prevent it up front.
- The certification route is matched to the receiving authority before work begins.
- Rejection risks are checked, from name spelling to document validity windows.
- The filing sequence is planned around the deadline you actually have.
Consult us at LINE @THAIL · 092-0170000 · Contact@thailaw-accounting.co.th
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