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(755 ILCS 6/15-10)
Sec. 15-10. Remote attestation for will. (a) To be valid under this Act, a will attested to through audio-video communication shall designate this State as its place of execution, be signed by the testator or by some person at the testator's direction and in the testator's presence, and be attested to in the presence of the testator by 2 or more credible witnesses who are located in the United States at the time of the attestation. (b) The will being attested to by audio-video communication may be an electronic will, a paper copy of an electronic will, or a paper document. An electronic will being attested to shall be a single document containing all the signature pages, attestation clauses, and affidavits forming a part of the will. A will that is a paper copy of an electronic will or a paper document may have separate signature pages, attestation clauses, or affidavits that are electronic records or paper documents. Separate signature pages, attestation clauses, or affidavits may be distributed to the witness before the audio-video communication. (c) The testator shall sign the will or direct a person in the testator's presence to sign. A person signing at the testator's direction shall not be an attesting witness, a person receiving a beneficial legacy or interest under the will, or the spouse or child of a person receiving a beneficial legacy or interest under the will. (d) During an audio-video communication: (1) the witness shall determine the testator's | ||
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(3) the witness shall attest to the will in the | ||
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(e) If the will consists of separate signature pages, attestation clauses, or affidavits forming a part of the will, the testator or a person appointed by the testator shall attach the witness's signed signature page, attestation clause, or affidavit forming a part of the will or a copy of the same to the paper document containing the testator's signature or a paper copy of the electronic will within 10 business days of the attestation.
(Source: P.A. 102-167, eff. 7-26-21.) |