N.D. Cent. Code § 30.1-37-01: Definitions

As used in this chapter:

1."Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.

2."Electronic will" means a will executed electronically in compliance with subsection 1 of section 30.1-37-04.

3."Record" means information inscribed on a tangible medium or stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

4."Sign" means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record to:

a.Execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or

b.Affix to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol or process.

5."State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes a federally recognized Indian tribe.

6."Will" includes a codicil and any testamentary instrument that merely appoints an executor, revokes or revises another will, nominates a guardian, or expressly excludes or limits the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of the decedent passing by intestate succession.