D.C. Code § 18-905: Execution of electronic will.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 18. Wills. [Enacted title]
- Chapter 9. Uniform Electronic Wills Act.
(a)
Subject to § 18-908(d) and except as provided in § 18-906, an electronic will shall be:
(1)
A record that is readable as text at the time of signing under paragraph (2) of this subsection;
(2)
Signed by:
(A)
The testator; or
(B)
Another individual in the testator's name, in the testator's physical presence and by the testator's direction; and
(3)
Signed in the physical or electronic presence of the testator by at least 2 individuals, each of whom is a resident of a state and physically located in a state at the time of signing and within a reasonable time after witnessing:
(A)
The signing of the will under paragraph (2) of this subsection; or
(B)
The testator's acknowledgment of the signing of the will under paragraph (2) of this subsection or acknowledgment of the will.
(b)
The intent of a testator that the record under subsection (a)(1) of this section be the testator's electronic will may be established by extrinsic evidence.
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