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Tenn. Code Ann. § 32-1-103

Witnesses — Who may act

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 2026 IL App (2d) 240506 - In re Estate of Butts (2026)

Most recently applied in 2026 IL App (2d) 240506 - In re Estate of Butts (February 2026)

Acts 1941, ch. 125, § 3; C

(1) Any person competent to be a witness generally in this state may act as attesting witness to a will.

(2) No will is invalidated because attested by an interested witness, but any interested witness shall, unless the will is also attested by two (2) disinterested witnesses, forfeit so much of the provisions therein made for the interested witness as in the aggregate exceeds in value, as of the date of the testator's death, what the interested witness would have received had the testator died intestate.

(3) No attesting witness is interested unless the will gives to the attesting witness some personal and beneficial interest.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.