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KRS 394.706: Execution of electronic wills.

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  1. KRS Chapter 394

(1) Subject to KRS 394.710(3), an electronic will shall be:

(a) A record that is readable as text at the time of signing under paragraph (b) of

this subsection;

(b) Signed by:

1. The testator; or

2. Another individual in the testator's name, in the testator's physical

presence, and by the testator's direction; and

(c) Signed in the physical or electronic presence of the testator by at least two (2)

individuals, each of whom is a resident of this Commonwealth and physically

located in this Commonwealth at the ti me of signing and within a reasonable

time after witnessing:

1. The signing of the will under paragraph (b) of this subsection; or

2. The testator's acknowledgment of the signing of the will under

paragraph (b) of this subsection or acknowledgment of the will.

(2) An electronic symbol of a testator or witness shall consist of an electronic image of

the testator's or witness's signature in his or her handwriting affixed to the electronic

will.

(3) A testator's intent that the record under subsection (1)(a) of this se ction be the

testator's electronic will may be established by extrinsic evidence.

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