California · Civil Code
CIV §1095: When an attorney in fact executes an instrument transferring an estate in real property, he must subscribe the name of his principal to it, and his own name as attorney in fact.
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When an attorney in fact transfers real property on behalf of a principal, the document must be signed with both the principal's name and the attorney in fact's name.
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