(1) Any person having custody of a will has a duty to maintain custody of the will and may not destroy or discard the will, disclose its contents to any person or deliver the will to any person except as authorized by the testator or as permitted by ORS 112.800 to 112.830. (2) Nothing in ORS 112.800 to 112.830 bars a testator from destroying, revoking, delivering to any person or otherwise dealing with the will of the testator. (3) A will destroyed in accordance with ORS 112.800 to 112.830 is not revoked by virtue of such destruction and its contents may be proved by secondary evidence. Note: See note under 112.800.
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