Amended IN Senate June 28, 2019 Amended IN Assembly April 24, 2019 Amended IN Assembly March 18, 2019 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1667Introduced by Assembly Member SantiagoFebruary 22, 2019An act to amend Section 6113 of of, and to add Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 6115) to Part 1 of Division 6 of, the Probate Code, relating to wills.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1667, as amended, Santiago. Electronic wills.Existing law governs the execution of wills. Existing law generally requires a will to be in writing and to satisfy specified requirements of the Probate Code, including being signed by a testator, another person at the testators direction, or a conservator pursuant to court order. A will that fails to meet those requirements may be valid as a holographic will, as specified. Existing law also allows for the execution of a California statutory will.This bill would provide that an electronic will is validly executed if it is executed in compliance with the provisions applicable to written wills.This bill would authorize the execution of an electronic will as an additional type of will that is a writing created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means and signed electronically, if it meets specified requirements, including, among others, the requirement to be witnessed. The bill would authorize conditions under which an electronic will may be proved. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that a will executed as an electronic will be given the same status as a will executed as a paper will.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 6113 of the Probate Code is amended to read:6113. A written or electronic will is validly executed if its execution complies with any of the following:(a) The will is executed in compliance with Section 6110 or 6111 or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 6200) (California statutory will) or Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 6380) (Uniform International Wills Act).(b) The execution of the will complies with the law at the time of execution of the place where the will is executed.(c) The execution of the will complies with the law of the place where at the time of execution or at the time of death the testator is domiciled, has a place of abode, or is a national.SEC. 2. Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 6115) is added to Part 1 of Division 6 of the Probate Code, to read: CHAPTER 2.5. Electronic Wills6115. (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Electronic Wills Act.(b) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter that a will executed as an electronic will be given the same status as a will executed as a paper will.(2) A court shall apply the provisions of this part generally relating to wills to an electronic will, unless the context requires otherwise.6115.2. (a) Electronic means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.(b) Electronic presence refers to two or more individuals in different locations who are able to communicate in real time by sight and sound.(c) Electronic will means a will executed electronically in compliance with this chapter.(d) Electronically logically associated means electronically connected, electronically cross-referenced, or electronically linked in a reliable manner.(e) Record means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.(f) Sign means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, to do any of the following:(1) Execute or adopt a tangible symbol.(2) Affix to, or logically associate with, the record an electronic symbol or process.(g) Textual record means a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means that is readable as text.(h) Will includes a codicil and a testamentary record that appoints a personal representative, revokes or revises another will, nominates a conservator, or expressly excludes or limits the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of a testator passing by intestate succession.(i) Writing includes an electronic writing stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in perceivable form.6115.4. (a) (1) An electronic will is a writing in a textual record, with the intent that the textual record be the testators electronic will, by either the testator or another individual in the testators name, in the testators conscious presence, and at the testators direction.(2) A will is an electronic will if it is signed electronically.(b) An electronic will shall be signed electronically by two or more individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after the individual, in physical or electronic presence of the testator and at the testators specific direction, who understand that the instrument that they sign is the testators will, and who witnessed either of the following:(1) The signing of the electronic will under subdivision (a).(2) The testators acknowledgment of the signature or of the electronic will.6115.6. If an electronic will was not witnessed or acknowledged in compliance with this chapter, the electronic will shall be treated as if it was witnessed or acknowledged in compliance with this chapter if the proponent of the will establishes by clear and convincing evidence that, at the time the will was signed, the testator intended the will to constitute the testators will. 6115.8. An electronic will with all attesting witnesses physically present in the same location as the testator may be proved at the time of its execution as provided in Section 8220.6115.10. If attesting witnesses necessary for a valid will are not physically present at the same location as the testator in the number required for a valid will, an electronic will may be proved by acknowledgment of the electronic will by the testator and by the affidavits of the witnesses that were each acknowledged by a notary public.6115.12. An electronic will with all attesting witnesses physically present in the same location as the testator may be proved at any time after the execution, as provided in Sections 8220 and 8221.6115.14. A signature physically or electronically affixed to an affidavit attached to an electronic will created pursuant to this chapter is deemed to be a signature affixed to the electronic will if necessary to prove the wills execution.6115.16. (a) An electronic will or part of an electronic will is revoked by either of the following actions:(1) A subsequent will that revokes the electronic will, in whole or in part, either expressly or by inconsistency.(2) A revocatory act that is not a record, if it is established by a preponderance of the evidence that the testator performed the act with the intent of revoking the will, in whole or in part, or that another individual performed the act in the testators physical presence and at the testators direction.(b) An electronic will may revoke a previous will or part of a previous will.6115.18. In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact the uniform Electronic Wills Act.6115.20. This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001 et seq.), but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7003(b)). 6115.22. This chapter applies to a decedent dying on or after January 1, 2020.
Amended IN Senate June 28, 2019 Amended IN Assembly April 24, 2019 Amended IN Assembly March 18, 2019 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1667Introduced by Assembly Member SantiagoFebruary 22, 2019An act to amend Section 6113 of of, and to add Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 6115) to Part 1 of Division 6 of, the Probate Code, relating to wills.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1667, as amended, Santiago. Electronic wills.Existing law governs the execution of wills. Existing law generally requires a will to be in writing and to satisfy specified requirements of the Probate Code, including being signed by a testator, another person at the testators direction, or a conservator pursuant to court order. A will that fails to meet those requirements may be valid as a holographic will, as specified. Existing law also allows for the execution of a California statutory will.This bill would provide that an electronic will is validly executed if it is executed in compliance with the provisions applicable to written wills.This bill would authorize the execution of an electronic will as an additional type of will that is a writing created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means and signed electronically, if it meets specified requirements, including, among others, the requirement to be witnessed. The bill would authorize conditions under which an electronic will may be proved. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that a will executed as an electronic will be given the same status as a will executed as a paper will.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate June 28, 2019 Amended IN Assembly April 24, 2019 Amended IN Assembly March 18, 2019
Amended IN Senate June 28, 2019
Amended IN Assembly April 24, 2019
Amended IN Assembly March 18, 2019
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1667
Introduced by Assembly Member SantiagoFebruary 22, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Santiago
February 22, 2019
An act to amend Section 6113 of of, and to add Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 6115) to Part 1 of Division 6 of, the Probate Code, relating to wills.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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AB 1667, as amended, Santiago. Electronic wills.
Existing law governs the execution of wills. Existing law generally requires a will to be in writing and to satisfy specified requirements of the Probate Code, including being signed by a testator, another person at the testators direction, or a conservator pursuant to court order. A will that fails to meet those requirements may be valid as a holographic will, as specified. Existing law also allows for the execution of a California statutory will.This bill would provide that an electronic will is validly executed if it is executed in compliance with the provisions applicable to written wills.This bill would authorize the execution of an electronic will as an additional type of will that is a writing created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means and signed electronically, if it meets specified requirements, including, among others, the requirement to be witnessed. The bill would authorize conditions under which an electronic will may be proved. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that a will executed as an electronic will be given the same status as a will executed as a paper will.
Existing law governs the execution of wills. Existing law generally requires a will to be in writing and to satisfy specified requirements of the Probate Code, including being signed by a testator, another person at the testators direction, or a conservator pursuant to court order. A will that fails to meet those requirements may be valid as a holographic will, as specified. Existing law also allows for the execution of a California statutory will.
This bill would provide that an electronic will is validly executed if it is executed in compliance with the provisions applicable to written wills.
This bill would authorize the execution of an electronic will as an additional type of will that is a writing created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means and signed electronically, if it meets specified requirements, including, among others, the requirement to be witnessed. The bill would authorize conditions under which an electronic will may be proved. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that a will executed as an electronic will be given the same status as a will executed as a paper will.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 6113 of the Probate Code is amended to read:6113. A written or electronic will is validly executed if its execution complies with any of the following:(a) The will is executed in compliance with Section 6110 or 6111 or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 6200) (California statutory will) or Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 6380) (Uniform International Wills Act).(b) The execution of the will complies with the law at the time of execution of the place where the will is executed.(c) The execution of the will complies with the law of the place where at the time of execution or at the time of death the testator is domiciled, has a place of abode, or is a national.SEC. 2. Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 6115) is added to Part 1 of Division 6 of the Probate Code, to read: CHAPTER 2.5. Electronic Wills6115. (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Electronic Wills Act.(b) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter that a will executed as an electronic will be given the same status as a will executed as a paper will.(2) A court shall apply the provisions of this part generally relating to wills to an electronic will, unless the context requires otherwise.6115.2. (a) Electronic means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.(b) Electronic presence refers to two or more individuals in different locations who are able to communicate in real time by sight and sound.(c) Electronic will means a will executed electronically in compliance with this chapter.(d) Electronically logically associated means electronically connected, electronically cross-referenced, or electronically linked in a reliable manner.(e) Record means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.(f) Sign means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, to do any of the following:(1) Execute or adopt a tangible symbol.(2) Affix to, or logically associate with, the record an electronic symbol or process.(g) Textual record means a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means that is readable as text.(h) Will includes a codicil and a testamentary record that appoints a personal representative, revokes or revises another will, nominates a conservator, or expressly excludes or limits the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of a testator passing by intestate succession.(i) Writing includes an electronic writing stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in perceivable form.6115.4. (a) (1) An electronic will is a writing in a textual record, with the intent that the textual record be the testators electronic will, by either the testator or another individual in the testators name, in the testators conscious presence, and at the testators direction.(2) A will is an electronic will if it is signed electronically.(b) An electronic will shall be signed electronically by two or more individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after the individual, in physical or electronic presence of the testator and at the testators specific direction, who understand that the instrument that they sign is the testators will, and who witnessed either of the following:(1) The signing of the electronic will under subdivision (a).(2) The testators acknowledgment of the signature or of the electronic will.6115.6. If an electronic will was not witnessed or acknowledged in compliance with this chapter, the electronic will shall be treated as if it was witnessed or acknowledged in compliance with this chapter if the proponent of the will establishes by clear and convincing evidence that, at the time the will was signed, the testator intended the will to constitute the testators will. 6115.8. An electronic will with all attesting witnesses physically present in the same location as the testator may be proved at the time of its execution as provided in Section 8220.6115.10. If attesting witnesses necessary for a valid will are not physically present at the same location as the testator in the number required for a valid will, an electronic will may be proved by acknowledgment of the electronic will by the testator and by the affidavits of the witnesses that were each acknowledged by a notary public.6115.12. An electronic will with all attesting witnesses physically present in the same location as the testator may be proved at any time after the execution, as provided in Sections 8220 and 8221.6115.14. A signature physically or electronically affixed to an affidavit attached to an electronic will created pursuant to this chapter is deemed to be a signature affixed to the electronic will if necessary to prove the wills execution.6115.16. (a) An electronic will or part of an electronic will is revoked by either of the following actions:(1) A subsequent will that revokes the electronic will, in whole or in part, either expressly or by inconsistency.(2) A revocatory act that is not a record, if it is established by a preponderance of the evidence that the testator performed the act with the intent of revoking the will, in whole or in part, or that another individual performed the act in the testators physical presence and at the testators direction.(b) An electronic will may revoke a previous will or part of a previous will.6115.18. In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact the uniform Electronic Wills Act.6115.20. This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001 et seq.), but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7003(b)). 6115.22. This chapter applies to a decedent dying on or after January 1, 2020.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 6113 of the Probate Code is amended to read:6113. A written or electronic will is validly executed if its execution complies with any of the following:(a) The will is executed in compliance with Section 6110 or 6111 or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 6200) (California statutory will) or Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 6380) (Uniform International Wills Act).(b) The execution of the will complies with the law at the time of execution of the place where the will is executed.(c) The execution of the will complies with the law of the place where at the time of execution or at the time of death the testator is domiciled, has a place of abode, or is a national.
SECTION 1. Section 6113 of the Probate Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
6113. A written or electronic will is validly executed if its execution complies with any of the following:(a) The will is executed in compliance with Section 6110 or 6111 or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 6200) (California statutory will) or Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 6380) (Uniform International Wills Act).(b) The execution of the will complies with the law at the time of execution of the place where the will is executed.(c) The execution of the will complies with the law of the place where at the time of execution or at the time of death the testator is domiciled, has a place of abode, or is a national.
6113. A written or electronic will is validly executed if its execution complies with any of the following:(a) The will is executed in compliance with Section 6110 or 6111 or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 6200) (California statutory will) or Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 6380) (Uniform International Wills Act).(b) The execution of the will complies with the law at the time of execution of the place where the will is executed.(c) The execution of the will complies with the law of the place where at the time of execution or at the time of death the testator is domiciled, has a place of abode, or is a national.
6113. A written or electronic will is validly executed if its execution complies with any of the following:(a) The will is executed in compliance with Section 6110 or 6111 or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 6200) (California statutory will) or Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 6380) (Uniform International Wills Act).(b) The execution of the will complies with the law at the time of execution of the place where the will is executed.(c) The execution of the will complies with the law of the place where at the time of execution or at the time of death the testator is domiciled, has a place of abode, or is a national.
6113. A written or electronic will is validly executed if its execution complies with any of the following:
(a) The will is executed in compliance with Section 6110 or 6111 or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 6200) (California statutory will) or Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 6380) (Uniform International Wills Act).
(b) The execution of the will complies with the law at the time of execution of the place where the will is executed.
(c) The execution of the will complies with the law of the place where at the time of execution or at the time of death the testator is domiciled, has a place of abode, or is a national.
SEC. 2. Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 6115) is added to Part 1 of Division 6 of the Probate Code, to read: CHAPTER 2.5. Electronic Wills6115. (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Electronic Wills Act.(b) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter that a will executed as an electronic will be given the same status as a will executed as a paper will.(2) A court shall apply the provisions of this part generally relating to wills to an electronic will, unless the context requires otherwise.6115.2. (a) Electronic means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.(b) Electronic presence refers to two or more individuals in different locations who are able to communicate in real time by sight and sound.(c) Electronic will means a will executed electronically in compliance with this chapter.(d) Electronically logically associated means electronically connected, electronically cross-referenced, or electronically linked in a reliable manner.(e) Record means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.(f) Sign means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, to do any of the following:(1) Execute or adopt a tangible symbol.(2) Affix to, or logically associate with, the record an electronic symbol or process.(g) Textual record means a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means that is readable as text.(h) Will includes a codicil and a testamentary record that appoints a personal representative, revokes or revises another will, nominates a conservator, or expressly excludes or limits the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of a testator passing by intestate succession.(i) Writing includes an electronic writing stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in perceivable form.6115.4. (a) (1) An electronic will is a writing in a textual record, with the intent that the textual record be the testators electronic will, by either the testator or another individual in the testators name, in the testators conscious presence, and at the testators direction.(2) A will is an electronic will if it is signed electronically.(b) An electronic will shall be signed electronically by two or more individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after the individual, in physical or electronic presence of the testator and at the testators specific direction, who understand that the instrument that they sign is the testators will, and who witnessed either of the following:(1) The signing of the electronic will under subdivision (a).(2) The testators acknowledgment of the signature or of the electronic will.6115.6. If an electronic will was not witnessed or acknowledged in compliance with this chapter, the electronic will shall be treated as if it was witnessed or acknowledged in compliance with this chapter if the proponent of the will establishes by clear and convincing evidence that, at the time the will was signed, the testator intended the will to constitute the testators will. 6115.8. An electronic will with all attesting witnesses physically present in the same location as the testator may be proved at the time of its execution as provided in Section 8220.6115.10. If attesting witnesses necessary for a valid will are not physically present at the same location as the testator in the number required for a valid will, an electronic will may be proved by acknowledgment of the electronic will by the testator and by the affidavits of the witnesses that were each acknowledged by a notary public.6115.12. An electronic will with all attesting witnesses physically present in the same location as the testator may be proved at any time after the execution, as provided in Sections 8220 and 8221.6115.14. A signature physically or electronically affixed to an affidavit attached to an electronic will created pursuant to this chapter is deemed to be a signature affixed to the electronic will if necessary to prove the wills execution.6115.16. (a) An electronic will or part of an electronic will is revoked by either of the following actions:(1) A subsequent will that revokes the electronic will, in whole or in part, either expressly or by inconsistency.(2) A revocatory act that is not a record, if it is established by a preponderance of the evidence that the testator performed the act with the intent of revoking the will, in whole or in part, or that another individual performed the act in the testators physical presence and at the testators direction.(b) An electronic will may revoke a previous will or part of a previous will.6115.18. In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact the uniform Electronic Wills Act.6115.20. This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001 et seq.), but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7003(b)). 6115.22. This chapter applies to a decedent dying on or after January 1, 2020.
SEC. 2. Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 6115) is added to Part 1 of Division 6 of the Probate Code, to read:
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CHAPTER 2.5. Electronic Wills6115. (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Electronic Wills Act.(b) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter that a will executed as an electronic will be given the same status as a will executed as a paper will.(2) A court shall apply the provisions of this part generally relating to wills to an electronic will, unless the context requires otherwise.6115.2. (a) Electronic means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.(b) Electronic presence refers to two or more individuals in different locations who are able to communicate in real time by sight and sound.(c) Electronic will means a will executed electronically in compliance with this chapter.(d) Electronically logically associated means electronically connected, electronically cross-referenced, or electronically linked in a reliable manner.(e) Record means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.(f) Sign means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, to do any of the following:(1) Execute or adopt a tangible symbol.(2) Affix to, or logically associate with, the record an electronic symbol or process.(g) Textual record means a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means that is readable as text.(h) Will includes a codicil and a testamentary record that appoints a personal representative, revokes or revises another will, nominates a conservator, or expressly excludes or limits the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of a testator passing by intestate succession.(i) Writing includes an electronic writing stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in perceivable form.6115.4. (a) (1) An electronic will is a writing in a textual record, with the intent that the textual record be the testators electronic will, by either the testator or another individual in the testators name, in the testators conscious presence, and at the testators direction.(2) A will is an electronic will if it is signed electronically.(b) An electronic will shall be signed electronically by two or more individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after the individual, in physical or electronic presence of the testator and at the testators specific direction, who understand that the instrument that they sign is the testators will, and who witnessed either of the following:(1) The signing of the electronic will under subdivision (a).(2) The testators acknowledgment of the signature or of the electronic will.6115.6. If an electronic will was not witnessed or acknowledged in compliance with this chapter, the electronic will shall be treated as if it was witnessed or acknowledged in compliance with this chapter if the proponent of the will establishes by clear and convincing evidence that, at the time the will was signed, the testator intended the will to constitute the testators will. 6115.8. An electronic will with all attesting witnesses physically present in the same location as the testator may be proved at the time of its execution as provided in Section 8220.6115.10. If attesting witnesses necessary for a valid will are not physically present at the same location as the testator in the number required for a valid will, an electronic will may be proved by acknowledgment of the electronic will by the testator and by the affidavits of the witnesses that were each acknowledged by a notary public.6115.12. An electronic will with all attesting witnesses physically present in the same location as the testator may be proved at any time after the execution, as provided in Sections 8220 and 8221.6115.14. A signature physically or electronically affixed to an affidavit attached to an electronic will created pursuant to this chapter is deemed to be a signature affixed to the electronic will if necessary to prove the wills execution.6115.16. (a) An electronic will or part of an electronic will is revoked by either of the following actions:(1) A subsequent will that revokes the electronic will, in whole or in part, either expressly or by inconsistency.(2) A revocatory act that is not a record, if it is established by a preponderance of the evidence that the testator performed the act with the intent of revoking the will, in whole or in part, or that another individual performed the act in the testators physical presence and at the testators direction.(b) An electronic will may revoke a previous will or part of a previous will.6115.18. In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact the uniform Electronic Wills Act.6115.20. This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001 et seq.), but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7003(b)). 6115.22. This chapter applies to a decedent dying on or after January 1, 2020.
CHAPTER 2.5. Electronic Wills6115. (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Electronic Wills Act.(b) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter that a will executed as an electronic will be given the same status as a will executed as a paper will.(2) A court shall apply the provisions of this part generally relating to wills to an electronic will, unless the context requires otherwise.6115.2. (a) Electronic means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.(b) Electronic presence refers to two or more individuals in different locations who are able to communicate in real time by sight and sound.(c) Electronic will means a will executed electronically in compliance with this chapter.(d) Electronically logically associated means electronically connected, electronically cross-referenced, or electronically linked in a reliable manner.(e) Record means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.(f) Sign means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, to do any of the following:(1) Execute or adopt a tangible symbol.(2) Affix to, or logically associate with, the record an electronic symbol or process.(g) Textual record means a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means that is readable as text.(h) Will includes a codicil and a testamentary record that appoints a personal representative, revokes or revises another will, nominates a conservator, or expressly excludes or limits the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of a testator passing by intestate succession.(i) Writing includes an electronic writing stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in perceivable form.6115.4. (a) (1) An electronic will is a writing in a textual record, with the intent that the textual record be the testators electronic will, by either the testator or another individual in the testators name, in the testators conscious presence, and at the testators direction.(2) A will is an electronic will if it is signed electronically.(b) An electronic will shall be signed electronically by two or more individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after the individual, in physical or electronic presence of the testator and at the testators specific direction, who understand that the instrument that they sign is the testators will, and who witnessed either of the following:(1) The signing of the electronic will under subdivision (a).(2) The testators acknowledgment of the signature or of the electronic will.6115.6. If an electronic will was not witnessed or acknowledged in compliance with this chapter, the electronic will shall be treated as if it was witnessed or acknowledged in compliance with this chapter if the proponent of the will establishes by clear and convincing evidence that, at the time the will was signed, the testator intended the will to constitute the testators will. 6115.8. An electronic will with all attesting witnesses physically present in the same location as the testator may be proved at the time of its execution as provided in Section 8220.6115.10. If attesting witnesses necessary for a valid will are not physically present at the same location as the testator in the number required for a valid will, an electronic will may be proved by acknowledgment of the electronic will by the testator and by the affidavits of the witnesses that were each acknowledged by a notary public.6115.12. An electronic will with all attesting witnesses physically present in the same location as the testator may be proved at any time after the execution, as provided in Sections 8220 and 8221.6115.14. A signature physically or electronically affixed to an affidavit attached to an electronic will created pursuant to this chapter is deemed to be a signature affixed to the electronic will if necessary to prove the wills execution.6115.16. (a) An electronic will or part of an electronic will is revoked by either of the following actions:(1) A subsequent will that revokes the electronic will, in whole or in part, either expressly or by inconsistency.(2) A revocatory act that is not a record, if it is established by a preponderance of the evidence that the testator performed the act with the intent of revoking the will, in whole or in part, or that another individual performed the act in the testators physical presence and at the testators direction.(b) An electronic will may revoke a previous will or part of a previous will.6115.18. In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact the uniform Electronic Wills Act.6115.20. This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001 et seq.), but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7003(b)). 6115.22. This chapter applies to a decedent dying on or after January 1, 2020.
CHAPTER 2.5. Electronic Wills
CHAPTER 2.5. Electronic Wills
6115. (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Electronic Wills Act.(b) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter that a will executed as an electronic will be given the same status as a will executed as a paper will.(2) A court shall apply the provisions of this part generally relating to wills to an electronic will, unless the context requires otherwise.
6115. (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Electronic Wills Act.
(b) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter that a will executed as an electronic will be given the same status as a will executed as a paper will.
(2) A court shall apply the provisions of this part generally relating to wills to an electronic will, unless the context requires otherwise.
6115.2. (a) Electronic means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.(b) Electronic presence refers to two or more individuals in different locations who are able to communicate in real time by sight and sound.(c) Electronic will means a will executed electronically in compliance with this chapter.(d) Electronically logically associated means electronically connected, electronically cross-referenced, or electronically linked in a reliable manner.(e) Record means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.(f) Sign means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, to do any of the following:(1) Execute or adopt a tangible symbol.(2) Affix to, or logically associate with, the record an electronic symbol or process.(g) Textual record means a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means that is readable as text.(h) Will includes a codicil and a testamentary record that appoints a personal representative, revokes or revises another will, nominates a conservator, or expressly excludes or limits the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of a testator passing by intestate succession.(i) Writing includes an electronic writing stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in perceivable form.
6115.2. (a) Electronic means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
(b) Electronic presence refers to two or more individuals in different locations who are able to communicate in real time by sight and sound.
(c) Electronic will means a will executed electronically in compliance with this chapter.
(d) Electronically logically associated means electronically connected, electronically cross-referenced, or electronically linked in a reliable manner.
(e) Record means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(f) Sign means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, to do any of the following:
(1) Execute or adopt a tangible symbol.
(2) Affix to, or logically associate with, the record an electronic symbol or process.
(g) Textual record means a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means that is readable as text.
(h) Will includes a codicil and a testamentary record that appoints a personal representative, revokes or revises another will, nominates a conservator, or expressly excludes or limits the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of a testator passing by intestate succession.
(i) Writing includes an electronic writing stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in perceivable form.
6115.4. (a) (1) An electronic will is a writing in a textual record, with the intent that the textual record be the testators electronic will, by either the testator or another individual in the testators name, in the testators conscious presence, and at the testators direction.(2) A will is an electronic will if it is signed electronically.(b) An electronic will shall be signed electronically by two or more individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after the individual, in physical or electronic presence of the testator and at the testators specific direction, who understand that the instrument that they sign is the testators will, and who witnessed either of the following:(1) The signing of the electronic will under subdivision (a).(2) The testators acknowledgment of the signature or of the electronic will.
6115.4. (a) (1) An electronic will is a writing in a textual record, with the intent that the textual record be the testators electronic will, by either the testator or another individual in the testators name, in the testators conscious presence, and at the testators direction.
(2) A will is an electronic will if it is signed electronically.
(b) An electronic will shall be signed electronically by two or more individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after the individual, in physical or electronic presence of the testator and at the testators specific direction, who understand that the instrument that they sign is the testators will, and who witnessed either of the following:
(1) The signing of the electronic will under subdivision (a).
(2) The testators acknowledgment of the signature or of the electronic will.
6115.6. If an electronic will was not witnessed or acknowledged in compliance with this chapter, the electronic will shall be treated as if it was witnessed or acknowledged in compliance with this chapter if the proponent of the will establishes by clear and convincing evidence that, at the time the will was signed, the testator intended the will to constitute the testators will.
6115.6. If an electronic will was not witnessed or acknowledged in compliance with this chapter, the electronic will shall be treated as if it was witnessed or acknowledged in compliance with this chapter if the proponent of the will establishes by clear and convincing evidence that, at the time the will was signed, the testator intended the will to constitute the testators will.
6115.8. An electronic will with all attesting witnesses physically present in the same location as the testator may be proved at the time of its execution as provided in Section 8220.
6115.8. An electronic will with all attesting witnesses physically present in the same location as the testator may be proved at the time of its execution as provided in Section 8220.
6115.10. If attesting witnesses necessary for a valid will are not physically present at the same location as the testator in the number required for a valid will, an electronic will may be proved by acknowledgment of the electronic will by the testator and by the affidavits of the witnesses that were each acknowledged by a notary public.
6115.10. If attesting witnesses necessary for a valid will are not physically present at the same location as the testator in the number required for a valid will, an electronic will may be proved by acknowledgment of the electronic will by the testator and by the affidavits of the witnesses that were each acknowledged by a notary public.
6115.12. An electronic will with all attesting witnesses physically present in the same location as the testator may be proved at any time after the execution, as provided in Sections 8220 and 8221.
6115.12. An electronic will with all attesting witnesses physically present in the same location as the testator may be proved at any time after the execution, as provided in Sections 8220 and 8221.
6115.14. A signature physically or electronically affixed to an affidavit attached to an electronic will created pursuant to this chapter is deemed to be a signature affixed to the electronic will if necessary to prove the wills execution.
6115.14. A signature physically or electronically affixed to an affidavit attached to an electronic will created pursuant to this chapter is deemed to be a signature affixed to the electronic will if necessary to prove the wills execution.
6115.16. (a) An electronic will or part of an electronic will is revoked by either of the following actions:(1) A subsequent will that revokes the electronic will, in whole or in part, either expressly or by inconsistency.(2) A revocatory act that is not a record, if it is established by a preponderance of the evidence that the testator performed the act with the intent of revoking the will, in whole or in part, or that another individual performed the act in the testators physical presence and at the testators direction.(b) An electronic will may revoke a previous will or part of a previous will.
6115.16. (a) An electronic will or part of an electronic will is revoked by either of the following actions:
(1) A subsequent will that revokes the electronic will, in whole or in part, either expressly or by inconsistency.
(2) A revocatory act that is not a record, if it is established by a preponderance of the evidence that the testator performed the act with the intent of revoking the will, in whole or in part, or that another individual performed the act in the testators physical presence and at the testators direction.
(b) An electronic will may revoke a previous will or part of a previous will.
6115.18. In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact the uniform Electronic Wills Act.
6115.18. In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact the uniform Electronic Wills Act.
6115.20. This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001 et seq.), but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7003(b)).
6115.20. This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001 et seq.), but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7003(b)).
6115.22. This chapter applies to a decedent dying on or after January 1, 2020.
6115.22. This chapter applies to a decedent dying on or after January 1, 2020.