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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2107.03

Method of making will

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 163 Ohio St. 3d 487 - In re Estate of Shaffer (Slip Opinion) (2020)

Most recently applied in Rogers v. Rogers (December 2024)

Effective: January 13, 2012; Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly

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Except oral wills, every will shall be in writing, but may be handwritten or typewritten. The will shall be signed at the end by the testator or by some other person in the testator's conscious presence and at the testator's express direction. The will shall be attested and subscribed in the conscious presence of the testator, by two or more competent witnesses, who saw the testator subscribe, or heard the testator acknowledge the testator's signature.

For purposes of this section, "conscious presence" means within the range of any of the testator's senses, excluding the sense of sight or sound that is sensed by telephonic, electronic, or other distant communication.

Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.