Singapore Power of Attorney (Singapore HDB Flat or Flats) Online and Offline Application

Our Online or Offline Services is strictly for the preparation of Power of Attorney (PA) relating to Housing & Development Board flats' (HDB flats) in Singapore.

You can appoint almost anyone to be your Attorney. But as you will be entrusting important matters to your Attorney, he / she should be an adult person (such as a relative or a close friend) whom you can trust. 

You have to engage a Lawyer (an Advocate & Solicitor in Singapore) to prepare the Power of Attorney using HDB's prescribed formats. You should always check and ensure that all particulars of the subject HDB flat, yourself ("the Donor"), and your Attorney are correctly and accurately stated in the PA.

There are generally 3 standard formats (see items 1 to 3 in the table below) prescribed by HDB which do not require HDB's prior approval, and you should inform your Lawyer of the purpose or purposes for the Power of Attorney.

Your Power of Attorney must be signed by you under seal in the presence of a Lawyer in Singapore, and thereafter, your Lawyer will deposit a copy of your Power of Attorney at the Registry of the Supreme Court and the Court will assign a Registration Number for your Power of Attorney.

If you are signing the Power of Attorney Overseas (outside Singapore), your Lawyer will send (by courier or airmail) the Power of Attorney to you so that you can make arrangements to sign it in the presence of a Notary Public or Singapore Consulate Officer in the country of your stay.

For a list of Singapore Missions Worldwide, please click visit Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs' website at this Link.
To locate a Notary Public in your city/country of stay, please check your local directories for practising Notaries Public.

Once a copy of your Power of Attorney is duly deposited at the Supreme Court, HDB requires your Lawyer to furnish a Letter of Confirmation addressed to HDB that he or she has used HDB's prescribed standard format.

Notwithstanding the Power of Attorney, you must personally sign the necessary statutory declaration or other documents required by HDB relating to the purchase/resale/sale of the flat.

Please contact HDB directly on their current policies.

>> For Sale Guidelines, visit HDB website (click link)
>> For Purchase (Resale) Guidelines, visit HDB website (click link)
>> For Purchase (New Flat), visit HDB website (click link)
>> For Subletting of HDB Flat, visit HDB website (click link)

In October 2002,  HDB has revised its requirements of submission of the original PA or a certified true copy from the High Court for sale, purchase or subletting of an HDB flat.

The new requirement is to submit to HDB any one of the following documents:-
 

Important Note: The above table only serves as a general guide, and may not be accurate or correct as at the time of your application. Please note that HDB's rules and/or procedures may change from time to time or vary from department to department, so it is important that you verify the documents required from the relevant department prior to your application for a PA. The current link on this issue in HDB's website is here.

If you wish to engage Loh Eben Ong & Partners to prepare your Power of Attorney, for your convenience, please may use our Online or Offline Services.

Please complete all particulars in our Online or Offline Form correctly and accurately. Incomplete Forms or Forms with errors will not be processed.

After submission, you may fax (6338 7678) or email us at  a copy of your Identity Card and / or your Attorney's Identity Card (optional). This is to ensure that there are no errors in the particulars submitted by you. Other arrangements may be accommodated.

>>> For Execution of PA Overseas, after submission, please send us a cheque for the charges issued in our favour (Loh Eben Ong & Partners). We require the payment prior to processing your application or sending the PA to you at the country of your stay.  All payments made are non-refundable.  

>>> For Execution of PA in Singapore, payment of our charges can be made when you attend at our office to sign the PA.

Please allow us about 2 to 4 working days to process your application. If you require the PA urgently, please inform us when you submit your application or contact Annie at (65) 6338 1810.

We do not however warrant or guarantee whatsoever that we will prepare the Power of Attorney within any time period or at all.

Once the Power of Attorney is duly deposited at the Supreme Court, we will send the original Power of Attorney in accordance with the "mode of collection" selected by you. Please allow at least 7 working days from the date of your execution of PA at our office or our receipt of your PA from overseas to deposit a copy of the PA with the Supreme Court and thereafter, release the original PA to you. We do not however warrant or guarantee whatsoever that we will release the original PA within any time period.

After the receipt of the original PA from us, your Attorney may then proceed to the relevant HDB Department:-

Transaction	Operating Department	Procedure for submission of the Power of Attorney
For applications to sell/purchase an HDB flat from the open market	HDB's Resale Unit	Please refer to table above
For applications to purchase an HDB flat directly from HDB	HDB's Sales Unit	Please refer to table above
For applications to sublet an HDB flat	HDB's Branch Office in the respective estates	Please refer to table above

Important Note: The above table only serves as a general guide, and may not be accurate or correct as at the time of your application. Please note that HDB's rules and/or procedures may change from time to time or vary from department to department, so it is important that you verify the documents required from the relevant department prior to your application for a PA. If you require a certified true copy of the PA by the High Court, additional expense payable to the High Court and our service charge will be borne by you.