EPOAR - Electronic Power of Attorney Registration

Update

URGENT - PLEASE NOTE

OPG is pleased to announce that the technical issues affecting our new case management system that went live on 28 January 2025 have now been resolved.

The system-generated email notifications have been reinstated and will be fully operational from 06/03/25. Customers should expect to receive email notifications when their POA deeds have been:

Authorised
Revoked
Rejected
Terminated
Updated

Please note: No automatic email notifications were sent for cases processed between 28 January 2025 and 5 March 2025. We recommend checking your EPOAR account to review any cases that may have been processed during this period. Email notifications will resume for all actions taken from 6 March 2025 onwards.

We would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your continued patience while we worked to resolve these matters.

Welcome to EPOAR

The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) welcomes you to the Electronic Power of Attorney Registration (EPOAR) website. EPOAR is an electronic facility for the submission and payment of Powers of Attorney (POA) made under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000. EPOAR is not a facility for you to draft your PoA. We will check the validity of POA deeds submitted via EPOAR but will not check data input by users.

Individual

The Register New Individual User option should be selected if you are registering a POA on your own behalf or for a family member or friend. If you don’t have a PoA please consult our PoA Guidance before registering.

Agent

The Register New Agent option should be selected if you are a professional registering POAs on behalf of a client.

Login

If you have previously registered, please Login.

Verify

EPOAR has a facility to Verify Registrations for organisations that are presented with an electronically produced certificate of registration. Any queries regarding the validity of a certificate should be raised with OPG.

Individual

Agent

The Register New Agent option should be selected if you are a professional registering POAs on behalf of a client.

Login

If you have previously registered, please Login.

Verify

User Manuals

You can view step by step user manuals for an Individual/Agent

FAQs

Alternatively, you can view the Frequently Asked Questions section.

More Info

For general information on PoAs please visit the Office of the Public Guardian website. If you have any further queries about EPOAR please contact OPG at epoar@scotcourts.gov.uk.

User Manuals

You can view step by step user manuals for an Individual or Agent.

FAQs

Alternatively, you can view the Frequently Asked Questions section.

More Info

For general information on PoAs please visit the Office of the Public Guardian website. If you have any further queries about EPOAR please contact OPG at epoar@scotcourts.gov.uk.