Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 75-2-1405 - Execution of an electronic will(1) Subject to Subsection 75-2-1408(4) and except as provided in Section 75-2-1406, an electronic will shall be:(a) a record that is readable as text at the time of signing under Subsection (1)(b);(b) signed: (ii) in the testator's name by some other individual in the testator's conscious presence and by the testator's direction; and(c) signed in the physical or electronic presence of the testator by at least two individuals within a reasonable time after witnessing: (i) the signing of the will under Subsection (1)(b); or(ii) the testator's acknowledgment of the signing of the will under Subsection (1)(b) or the testator's acknowledgment of the will.(2) Intent of a testator that the record under Subsection (1)(a) be the testator's electronic will may be established by extrinsic evidence.Added by Chapter 1, 2020SP6 General Session ,§ 6, eff. 8/31/2020.