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NRS 133.050

Attesting witnesses may sign self-proving declarations or affidavits to be attached to or associated with will

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State, Department of Motor Vehicles v. Bremer (1997)

Most recently applied in In Re the Estate of Friedman (August 2000)

[Part 1:21:1953] + [2:21:1953]—(NRS A 1985, 1212; 1999, 2255; 2001, 164, 2342; 2017, 3440)

1. Any attesting witness to a will, including, without limitation, an electronic will, may sign a declaration under penalty of perjury or an affidavit before any person authorized to administer oaths in or out of the State, stating such facts as the witness would be required to testify to in court to prove the will. The declaration or affidavit must be written on the will or, if that is impracticable, on some paper attached thereto. If the will is an electronic will, the declaration or affidavit must be in a record incorporated as part of, attached to or logically associated with the electronic will. The sworn statement of any witness so taken must be accepted by the court as if it had been taken before the court.

2. The affidavit described in subsection 1 may be in substantially the following form:

3. The declaration described in subsection 1 may be in substantially the following form:

4. If a testator or a witness signing an affidavit or declaration described in subsection 1 appears by means of audio-video communication, the form for the affidavit or declaration, as set forth in subsections 2 and 3, respectively, must be modified to indicate that fact.

5. As used in this section, “audio-video communication” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 133.088.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.