{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-474.548","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.548","heading":"Electronic will requirements.","body":"1. An electronic will shall be:\n(1) A record that is readable as text at the time of signing as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection and remains accessible as text for later reference;\n(2) Signed by:\n(a) The testator; or\n(b) Another individual in the testator's name, in the testator's physical presence, and by the testator's direction; and\n(3) Signed in the physical or electronic presence of the testator by at least two individuals after witnessing:\n(a) The signing of the will pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection; or\n(b) The testator's acknowledgment of the signing of the will pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection or acknowledgment of the will.\n2. The intent of a testator that the record in subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section be the testator's electronic will may be established by extrinsic evidence.\n3. In accordance with the provisions of sections 474.337 or 474.550, a witness to a will shall be a resident of a state and physically located in a state at the time of signing if no self-proving affidavit is signed contemporaneously with the execution of the electronic will.","path":["Title XXXI - TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY","Chapter 474 - Probate Code — Intestate Succession and Wills"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=474.548","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"921c691fec77cf336c32ef0c4e794c6d071402ed73be289e0bb9532e12b6172e","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-474.546","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-474.550"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}