Execution of an electronic will.

1. Law
2. Utah Code
3. Utah Uniform Probate Code
4. Intestate Succession and Wills
5. Uniform Electronic Wills Act
6. Execution of an electronic will.

• (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.

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