{"data":{"id":"us-de/12-del.-c.-1306","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"12 Del. C. § 1306","heading":"Choice of law as to execution and proving of wills.","body":"(a) A written will signed by the testator, or by some person subscribing the testator’s name in the testator’s presence and at the testator’s express direction, is valid provided that:\n(1) It is executed in compliance with § 202 of this title;\n(2) It is executed in compliance with the law at the time of execution of the place where the will is executed; or\n(3) It is executed in compliance with the law of the place where at the time of execution or at the time of death the testator is domiciled, has a place of abode or is a national.\n(b) An attested will that is considered valid under the provisions of this section shall be considered self-proved provided that:\n(1) It is executed in compliance with the requirements of § 1305 of this title;\n(2) It is executed in compliance with requirements of the law necessary to create a self-proved will in the jurisdiction where such will is made self-proved, at the time such will is made self-proved; or\n(3) It is executed in compliance with requirements of the law necessary to create a self-proved will in the jurisdiction where the testator is domiciled, has a place of abode, or is a national at the time of death.","path":["Title 12. Decedents’ Estates and Fiduciary Relations","Administration of Decedents’ Estates","CHAPTER 13. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title12/c013/index.html#1306","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:15Z","sha256":"ffde36a3afc42859643d7c0612b0889c9aeca87cf04e072fe1ac67edb8812061","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/12-del.-c.-1305","next":"us-de/12-del.-c.-1307"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}