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2018 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates
Chapter 551-A - Uniform International Wills Act
Section 551-A:4 - International Will; Other Points of Form.
Universal Citation: NH Rev Stat § 551-A:4 (2018)
551-A:4 International Will; Other Points of Form. –
I. The signatures shall be placed at the end of the will. If the will consists of several sheets, each sheet will be signed by the testator or, if he or she is unable to sign, by the person signing on his or her behalf or, if there is no such person, by the authorized person. In addition, each sheet shall be numbered.
II. The date of the will shall be the date of its signature by the authorized person. That date shall be noted at the end of the will by the authorized person.
III. The authorized person shall ask the testator whether he or she wishes to make a declaration concerning the safekeeping of the testator's will. If so and at the express request of the testator the place where he or she intends to have his or her will kept shall be mentioned in the certificate provided for in RSA 551-A:5.
IV. A will executed in compliance with RSA 551-A:3 shall not be invalid merely because it does not comply with this section.
I. The signatures shall be placed at the end of the will. If the will consists of several sheets, each sheet will be signed by the testator or, if he or she is unable to sign, by the person signing on his or her behalf or, if there is no such person, by the authorized person. In addition, each sheet shall be numbered.
II. The date of the will shall be the date of its signature by the authorized person. That date shall be noted at the end of the will by the authorized person.
III. The authorized person shall ask the testator whether he or she wishes to make a declaration concerning the safekeeping of the testator's will. If so and at the express request of the testator the place where he or she intends to have his or her will kept shall be mentioned in the certificate provided for in RSA 551-A:5.
IV. A will executed in compliance with RSA 551-A:3 shall not be invalid merely because it does not comply with this section.
Source. 1998, 120:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
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