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Best postal service to use for power of attorney forms?

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We've spent the last few months filling out power of attorney forms for my elderly parents.  It's taken forever due to CV - travel restrictions and limited GP services.  I also broke my right wrist 2 months ago and have only just been able to fill in the final section.  There are 2 forms for each of my parents and it would be a disaster if they got lost.  I was thinking of sending them by Special Delivery.  Is this normal for poa forms or cause issues with delivery.  I know it's a trivial question, but I can't get this wrong.

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  • p00hsticks
    p00hsticks Posts: 14,450 Forumite
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    Not exactly the same, so not a great help, but I had to recently send an original will to the Probate office, and decided that special Delivery was the way to go (as with you, it would have been a disaster if it had gone astray as it was irreplaceable). I avoided posting it on a Friday, so that I could be sure it reached them on a working day, and scanned a copy of everything before I sent it so at least I had a copy if the worst happened.
  • seashore22
    seashore22 Posts: 1,443 Forumite
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    Thank you.  I've just spoken to my brother and that's what we will do.  I appreciate your response.
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