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Washington Revised Code Title 11. Probate and Trust Law § 11.12.440. Electronic wills--Execution--Procedure (Effective January 1, 2022)

Current as of April 06, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(1) Subject to RCW 11.12.450(4), an electronic will must be:

(a) A record that is readable as text at the time of signing under (b) of this subsection;

(b) Signed by:

(i) The testator;  or

(ii) Another individual in the testator's name, in the testator's physical presence, and by the testator's direction;  and

(c) Signed in the physical or electronic presence of the testator and at the testator's direction or request by at least two competent witnesses after:

(i) The signing of the will under (b) of this subsection;  or

(ii) The testator's acknowledgment of the signing of the will under (b) of this subsection or acknowledgment of the will.

(2) Intent of a testator that the record under subsection (1)(a) of this section be the testator's electronic will may be established by extrinsic evidence.

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