{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-18-905","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 18-905","heading":"Execution of electronic will.","body":"(a)\nSubject to § 18-908(d) and except as provided in § 18-906, an electronic will shall be:\n(1)\nA record that is readable as text at the time of signing under paragraph (2) of this subsection;\n(2)\nSigned by:\n(A)\nThe testator; or\n(B)\nAnother individual in the testator's name, in the testator's physical presence and by the testator's direction; and\n(3)\nSigned 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:\n(A)\nThe signing of the will under paragraph (2) of this subsection; or\n(B)\nThe testator's acknowledgment of the signing of the will under paragraph (2) of this subsection or acknowledgment of the will.\n\n(b)\nThe 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.","path":["Title 18. Wills. [Enacted title]","Chapter 9. Uniform Electronic Wills Act."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/18-905","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"0ab7b6dfe4c1f2a8c9d16cac90f085cb6b0c51b5b07ba216bbd5ab47acc89032","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-18-904","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-18-906"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}