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14-2519

Self-proved electronic will

Wills

A. In addition to the requirements of section 14-2504, to be self-proved, an electronic will must meet all of the following requirements:

1. Contain the electronic signature and electronic seal of a notary public placed on the will in accordance with applicable law.

2. Designate a qualified custodian to maintain custody of the electronic will.

3. Before being offered for probate or being reduced to a certified paper original, be under the exclusive control of a qualified custodian at all times.

B. Notwithstanding section 14-2504, subsection B, the affidavits for an attested self-proving electronic will shall be in substantially the following form:

We, ______________, _______________ and _______________, the testator and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn do declare to the undersigned authority that the testator signed and executed the instrument as the testator's will and that he/she signed willingly, or willingly directed another to sign for him/her, and that he/she executed it as his/her free and voluntary act for the purposes expressed in this document, and that each of the witnesses, in the physical or electronic presence and hearing of the testator, signed the will as witness and that to the best of his/her knowledge the testator was at the time of signing eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence.

____________________

Testator

____________________

Witness

____________________

Witness

The State of _________________

County of ____________________

Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by ____________, the testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me by ____________ and ____________, witnesses, this _____ day of _____________.

(Seal)

(Signed)______________________

______________________________

(official capacity of officer)

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September 15, 2026
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