2010 Maryland Code
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
TITLE 5 - OPENING THE ESTATE
Subtitle 3 - Administrative Probate
Section 5-303 - Proof of execution of will.
§ 5-303. Proof of execution of will.
The register shall assume due execution of the will:
(1) If the will appears to have been duly executed and contains a recital by attesting witnesses of facts constituting due execution; or
(2) If it does not so appear, or if the will does not contain that recital, then upon the verified statement of a person with personal knowledge of the circumstances of execution whether or not the person was in fact an attesting witness.
[An. Code 1957, art. 93, § 5-303; 1974, ch. 11, § 2.]
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