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2021 Maryland Statutes
Estates and Trusts
Title 4 - Wills
Subtitle 1 - Execution, Revocation, and Revival
Section 4-102 - Writing; Signature; Attestation
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MD Estates and Trusts Code Ann. § 4-102 (2021)
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(a) Except as provided in §§ 4–103 and 4–104 of this subtitle, every will shall be:
(1) In writing;
(2) Signed by the testator, or by some other person for the testator, in the testator’s presence and by the testator’s express direction; and
(3) Attested and signed by two or more credible witnesses in the presence of the testator.
(b) For purposes of this section, a witness is not in the presence of the testator if the witness is in a different physical location than the testator regardless of whether the testator can observe the witness through electronic audio–video or other technological means.
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