Indiana § 29-1-20-1 - Affirmation or representation; form

§ 29-1-20-1. Affirmation or representation; form

Sec. 1. (a) Wherever in this article it is provided that any pleading, petition, report, or other document of any kind be verified, or that an oath be taken, it shall be sufficient if the subscriber simply affirms the truth of the matter to be verified by an affirmation or representation in substantially the following language: "I (we) affirm, under the penalties for perjury, that the foregoing representation(s) is (are) true.

(SIGNED) ____________________"

(b) Any person who falsifies an affirmation or representation of fact shall be subject to the same penalties as are prescribed by law for the making of a false affidavit.

Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.2503; Acts 1959, c.200, s.1. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.171, SEC.68.

IC 29-1-21Chapter 21. Electronic Wills

29-1-21-1Purpose of chapter; presumptions 29-1-21-2Exclusive authority; application of other statutes 29-1-21-3Definitions 29-1-21-4Attestation; electronic signature; self-proving clause; affidavit of compliance 29-1-21-4.1Certain wills executed in reliance on supreme court order 29-1-21-5Recordings; photographs; admissibility 29-1-21-6"Form vendor"; instructions to signatory 29-1-21-7Execution of electronic will 29-1-21-8Revocation of electronic will 29-1-21-9Use of converted copy; affidavit 29-1-21-10Maintenance, receipt, and transfer of electronic will 29-1-21-11Delivery of electronic will; recipients; methods of delivery 29-1-21-12"Destroy"; destruction of electronic will 29-1-21-13Affidavit of regularity 29-1-21-14Prima facie evidence of validity 29-1-21-15"Electronic will copy"; deposit of electronic will 29-1-21-16"Filing of an electronic will" 29-1-21-17"Other electronic will"; "rejected will"; probate of other electronic will or rejected will 29-1-21-18"Digital asset"; "electronic communication"; "custodian"; "users"; "transaction"