{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-18-705","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 18-705","heading":"International will; certificate.","body":"The authorized person shall attach to the will a certificate, to be signed by him or her, establishing that the requirements of this chapter for valid execution of an international will have been complied with. The authorized person shall keep a copy of the certificate and deliver another to the testator. The certificate shall be substantially in the following form:\n\n\n    \n      “CERTIFICATE\n      \n      “(Convention of October 26, 1973)\n    \n  \n\n“1. I, ________ (name, address and capacity), a person authorized to act in connection with international wills\n\n“2. Certify that on ________ (date) at ________ (place)\n\n“3. (testator) ________\n\n“(name, address, date and place of birth) in my presence and that of the witnesses\n\n“4. (a) ________ (name, address, date and place of birth)\n\n“(b) ________ (name, address, date and place of birth)\n\n“has declared that the attached document is his or her will and that he knows the contents thereof.\n\n“5. I furthermore certify that:\n\n“6. (a) in my presence and in that of the witnesses\n\n“(1) the testator has signed the will or has acknowledged his signature previously affixed.\n\n“(2) [to be completed if appropriate] following a declaration of the testator stating that he or she was unable to sign his will for the following reason ________, I have mentioned this declaration on the will and the signature has been affixed by ________ (name and address)\n\n“7. (b) the witnesses and I have signed the will;\n\n“8. (c) [to be completed if appropriate] each page of the will has been signed by ________ and numbered;\n\n“9. (d) I have satisfied myself as to the identity of the testator and of the witnesses as designated above;\n\n“10. (e) the witnesses met the conditions requisite to act as such according to the law under which I am acting;\n\n“11. (f) [to be completed if appropriate] the testator has requested me to include the following statement concerning the safekeeping of his will:\n\n“12. PLACE OF EXECUTION\n\n“13. DATE\n\n“14. SIGNATURE and, if necessary, SEAL.”","path":["Title 18. Wills. [Enacted title]","Chapter 7. International Will; Information Registration."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/18-705","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"bbbe77c91acd508297926e1f125efd24ef1169210894720eb1c797b6d5c192f4","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-18-704","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-18-706"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}