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2021 Colorado Code
Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
Article 11 - Intestate Succession and Wills
Part 13 - Colorado Uniform Electronic Wills Act
§ 15-11-1308. Electronic Will Attested and Made Self-Proving at Time of Execution
Universal Citation: CO Code § 15-11-1308 (2021)
- An electronic will may be simultaneously executed, attested, and made self-proving by acknowledgment of the testator and affidavits of the witnesses.
- The acknowledgment and affidavits under subsection (1) of this section must be:
- Made in the physical presence of an officer authorized to administer oaths under law of the state in which the testator signs pursuant to section 15-11-1305 (1)(b) or, if fewer than two attesting witnesses are physically present in the same location as the testator at the time of signing pursuant to section 15-11-1305 (1)(b), in the physical or electronic presence of a notary public or other individual who is authorized by Colorado law to notarize records, and who is located in Colorado at the time the notarial act is performed; and
- Evidenced by the officer's certificate under official seal affixed to or logically associated with the electronic will.
- The acknowledgment and affidavits under subsection (1) of this section must be in substantially the following form:
- A signature physically or electronically affixed to an affidavit that is affixed to or logically associated with an electronic will under this act is deemed a signature of the electronic will under section 15-11-1305 (1).
[Form Excluded]
Witness
Certificate of officer:
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History. Source: L. 2021: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 21-266), ch. 423, p. 2798, § 11, effective July 2.
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