§ 524.2-1005 — International Will; Certificate
Plain-Language Summary
This section provides the form of the certificate that the authorized person must attach to an international will to confirm it was properly executed.
524.2-1005 INTERNATIONAL WILL; CERTIFICATE.
The authorized person shall sign and attach to the will a certificate establishing that the requirements of sections 524.2-1002 to 524.2-1005 for valid execution of an international will have been fulfilled. The authorized person shall keep a copy of the certificate and deliver another to the testator. The certificate must be substantially in the following form:
CERTIFICATE
(Convention of October 26, 1973)
- I, ………….. (name, address, and capacity),
a person authorized to act in connection with
international wills,
- certify that on ……. (date)
at………………(place)
- (testator) ………………………..(name,
address, date and place of birth) in my
presence and that of the witnesses
- (a) ……………(name, address, date and
place of birth)
(b) ……………(name, address, date and
place of birth)
has declared that the attached document is his/her will
and that ..he knows the contents thereof.
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I furthermore certify that:
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(a) in my presence and in that of the witnesses
(1) the testator has signed the will or has
acknowledged his/her signature previously affixed.
*(2) following a declaration of the testator stating
that the testator was unable to sign the will
for the following
reason……………………………,
I have mentioned this declaration on the will,
*and the signature has been affixed
by…………………
(name and address)
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(b) the witnesses and I have signed the will;
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*(c) each page of the will has been signed
by ……………. and numbered;
- (d) I have satisfied myself as to the identity
of the testator and of the witnesses as
designated above;
- (e) the witnesses met the conditions requisite
to act as such according to the law under which
I am acting;
- *(f) the testator has requested me to include
the following
statement concerning the safekeeping of the will:
…………………………………………….
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…………………………PLACE OF EXECUTION
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…………………………DATE
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…………………………SIGNATURE
and, if necessary, SEAL……..
*to be completed if appropriate
History:
1978 c 525 s 6; 1986 c 444
History: History: 1978 c 525 s 6; 1986 c 444