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Utah Code § 75-2-1405

Execution of an electronic will

Enacted by Chapter 1, 2020 Special Session 6

(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:

(i) by the testator; or

(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.

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