N.D. Cent. Code § 30.1-08-02: (2-502) Execution - Witnessed wills - Holographic wills

1.Except as provided in subsection 2 and in sections 30.1-08-06 and 30.1-08-13, a will must be:

a.In writing.

b.Signed by the testator or in the testator's name by some other individual in the testator's conscious presence and by the testator's direction.

c.Either signed:

(1)By at least two individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after witnessing either the signing of the will as described in subdivision b or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will; or

(2)Acknowledged by the testator before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments.

2.A will that does not comply with subsection 1 is valid as a holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if the signature and material portions of the document are in the testator's handwriting.

3.Intent that a document constitute the testator's will can be established by extrinsic evidence, including, for holographic wills, portions of the document that are not in the testator's handwriting.