---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 21751"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "21751"
heading: "Model power of attorney legislation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/21751"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Protection of Children and Other Persons"
  - "Chapter 217 — Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution"
  - "Subchapter V — Miscellaneous"
---

# §21751. Model power of attorney legislation


The Attorney General shall publish model power of attorney legislation for the purpose of preventing [elder abuse](/usc/34/21701.md?p=2).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 115–70, title V, § 504, Oct. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 1217.)