Washington Code § 11.12.440

Electronic wills—Execution—Procedure
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(1) Subject to RCW 11.12.450(4), an electronic will must be: (a) A record that is readable as text at the time of signing under (b) of this subsection; (b) Signed by: (i) The testator; or (ii) Another individual in the testator's name, in the testator's physical presence, and by the testator's direction; and (c) Signed in the physical or electronic presence of the testator and at the testator's direction or request by at least two competent witnesses after: (i) The signing of the will under (b) of this subsection; or (ii) The testator's acknowledgment of the signing of the will under (b) of this subsection or acknowledgment of the will. (2) Intent of a testator that the record under subsection (1)(a) of this section be the testator's electronic will may be established by extrinsic evidence.

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