The authorized person shall attach to the will a certificate to be signed by the authorized person establishing that the requirements of this chapter for valid execution of an international will have been fulfilled. The authorized person shall keep a copy of the certificate and deliver another to the testator. The certificate shall be substantially in the following form:
CERTIFICATE | ||
1.I, _____ (name, address, and capacity) _____ , a person authorized to act in connection with international wills, | ||
2.certify that on _____ (date) _____ at _____ (place) _____ | ||
3. _____ (testator) (name, address, date and place of birth) _____ in my presence and that of the witnesses | ||
4.(a) _____ (name, address, date and place of birth) _____ (b) _____ (name, address, date and place of birth) _____ has declared that the attached document is his will and that he knows the | ||
5.I furthermore certify that: | ||
6.(a)in my presence and in that of the witnesses | ||
(1)the testator has signed the will or has acknowledged his signature | ||
(2)following a declaration of the testator stating that he was unable _____ (name and address)* _____ | ||
7.(b)the witnesses and I have signed the will; | ||
8.(c)each page of the will has been signed by _________________ and numbered;* | ||
9.(d)I have satisfied myself as to the identity of the testator and of the | ||
10.(e)the witnesses met the conditions requisite to act as such according | ||
11. (f) the testator has requested me to include the following statement | ||
12. | PLACE OF EXECUTION | |
13. | DATE | |
14. | SIGNATURE and, if necessary, SEAL | |
__________ *to be completed if appropriate |
(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)