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Index	Utah Code
Title 75	Utah Uniform Probate Code
Chapter 2	Intestate Succession and Wills
Part 14	Uniform Electronic Wills Act
Section 1405	Execution of an electronic will. *(Effective 8/31/2020)*

Effective 8/31/2020
75-2-1405. 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.

Enacted by Chapter 1, 2020 Special Session 6

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