Electronic will requirements
An electronic will is a will made and stored digitally. To be valid, it must be readable text, signed by the person making the will (or by someone else at that person's direction while standing next to them), and witnessed by at least two people who saw it get signed or heard the person say they signed it. If no self-proving affidavit is signed at the same time, the witnesses must be living in and physically inside a U.S. state when they sign.
474.548. requirements. — 1. An electronic will shall be:
(1) A that is readable as text at the time of signing as provided in (2) of this and remains accessible as text for later reference;
(2) Signed by:
(a) The ; or
(b) Another individual in the testator's name, in the testator's physical presence, and by the testator's direction; and
(3) Signed in the physical or of the testator by at least two individuals after witnessing:
(a) The signing of the will subdivision (2) of this subsection; or
(b) The testator's of the signing of the will pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection or acknowledgment of the will.
2. The intent of a testator that the record in subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section be the testator's electronic will may be established by .
3. In accordance with the of sections 474.337 or 474.550, a witness to a will shall be a resident of a state and physically located in a state at the time of signing if no is signed contemporaneously with the of the electronic will.
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Source & history notes
(L. 2025 H.B. 754)
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