Exhibit 24.1

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of Bank of America Corporation (the “Corporation”), and the undersigned Officers and Directors of the Corporation whose signatures appear below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Timothy J. Mayopoulos, Alice A. Herald and Teresa M. Brenner, and each of them acting individually, its, his and/or her true and lawful attorneys, with power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in its, his and/or her name and on its, his and/or her behalf, and in each of the undersigned Officer’s and Director’s capacity or capacities as shown below: (a) a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or other appropriate form) with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in connection with an indeterminable amount of the debt securities and related guarantees (the “Securities”) previously issued by the Corporation or its predecessor companies that may be reoffered or resold in market-making transactions by affiliates of the Corporation, including Banc of America Securities LLC, and all documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto and any and all amendments, including any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments, to the foregoing (collectively, the “Registration Statement”); and (b) all other registration statements, petitions, applications, consents to service of process or other instruments, any and all documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and any and all amendments or supplements to the foregoing, as may be necessary or advisable to qualify or register the Securities covered by the Registration Statement under any and all securities laws, regulations and requirements as may be applicable; and each of the Corporation and the Officers and Directors hereby grants to each of the attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as each of such attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this power of attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as the Corporation might or could do, and as each of the Officers and Directors might or could do personally in his or her capacity or capacities as aforesaid, and each of the Corporation and the Officers and Directors hereby ratifies and confirms all acts and things which the attorneys or attorney might do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and its, his, or her signature as the same may be signed by the attorneys or attorney, or any of them, to any or all of the following (and any and all amendments and supplements to any or all thereof): such Registration Statement under the Securities Act and all such registration statements, petitions, applications, consents to service of process, and other instruments, and any and all documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, under such securities laws, regulations and requirements as may be applicable.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Bank of America Corporation has caused this power of attorney to be signed on its behalf, and each of the undersigned Officers and Directors in the capacity or capacities noted has hereunto set his or her hand as of the date indicated below.

 

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
By:   /s/    KENNETH D. LEWIS        
   

Kenneth D. Lewis

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Dated: October 22, 2008

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/    KENNETH D. LEWIS        


Kenneth D. Lewis

  

Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  October 22, 2008

/s/    JOE L. PRICE        


Joe L. Price

  

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

  October 22, 2008

/s/    NEIL A. COTTY        


Neil A. Cotty

  

Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 22, 2008

/s/    WILLIAM BARNET, III        


William Barnet, III

  

Director

  October 22, 2008

/s/    FRANK P. BRAMBLE, SR.        


Frank P. Bramble, Sr.

  

Director

  October 22, 2008

/s/    JOHN T. COLLINS        


John T. Collins

  

Director

  October 22, 2008

/s/    GARY L. COUNTRYMAN        


Gary L. Countryman

  

Director

  October 22, 2008

/s/    TOMMY R. FRANKS        


Tommy R. Franks

  

Director

  October 22, 2008

/s/    CHARLES K. GIFFORD        


Charles K. Gifford

  

Director

  October 22, 2008

/s/    MONICA C. LOZANO        


Monica C. Lozano

  

Director

  October 22, 2008

/s/    WALTER E. MASSEY        


Walter E. Massey

  

Director

  October 22, 2008

/s/    THOMAS J. MAY        


Thomas J. May

  

Director

  October 22, 2008


Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/    PATRICIA E. MITCHELL        


Patricia E. Mitchell

  

Director

  October 22, 2008

/s/    THOMAS M. RYAN        


Thomas M. Ryan

  

Director

  October 22, 2008

/s/    O. TEMPLE SLOAN, JR.        


O. Temple Sloan, Jr.

  

Director

  October 22, 2008

/s/    MEREDITH R. SPANGLER        


Meredith R. Spangler

  

Director

  October 22, 2008

/s/    ROBERT L. TILLMAN        


Robert L. Tillman

  

Director

  October 22, 2008

/s/    JACKIE M. WARD        


Jackie M. Ward

  

Director

  October 22, 2008