* § 3-6.8 Electronic will attested and made self-proving at time of\n execution\n (a) An electronic will may be simultaneously executed, attested, and\nmade self-proving by acknowledgment of the testator and affidavits of\nthe witnesses.\n (b) The acknowledgment and affidavits under paragraph (a) must be:\n (1) made before and in the physical or electronic presence of an\nofficer authorized to administer oaths under law of the state in which\nthe officer is located; and\n (2) evidenced by the officer's certificate under official seal affixed\nto or logically associated with the electronic will.\n (c) The acknowledgment and affidavits under paragraph (a) must conform\nwith section fourteen hundred six of the surrogate's court procedure act\nand must indicate that the will was signed electronically.\n (d) A signature physically or electronically affixed to an affidavit\nthat is affixed to or logically associated with an electronic will under\nthis act is deemed a signature of the electronic will under paragraph\n(a) of section 3-6.6.\n (e) The existence of contemporaneously executed affidavits in\nelectronic format executed in compliance with the applicable law\ngoverning electronic notaries or other such officers duly authorized to\nadminister oaths electronically that satisfy paragraphs (a), (b) and (c)\nof this section shall create a rebuttable presumption that the\nelectronic will was created in compliance with paragraph (b) of section\n3-6.6.\n * NB Effective December 12, 2027\n
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