Nevada § 133.050 - Attesting witnesses may sign self-proving declarations or affidavits to be attached to or associated with will

§ 133.050. Attesting witnesses may sign self-proving declarations or affidavits to be attached to or associated with will

1. Any attesting witness to a will, including, without limitation, an electronic will,

may sign a declaration under penalty of perjury or an affidavit before any person

authorized to administer oaths in or out of the State, stating such facts as the witness

would be required to testify to in court to prove the will. The declaration or affidavit must be written on the will or, if that is impracticable,

on some paper attached thereto. If the will is an electronic will, the declaration or affidavit must be in a record

incorporated as part of, attached to or logically associated with the electronic will.

The sworn statement of any witness so taken must be accepted by the court as if it

had been taken before the court. 2. The affidavit described in subsection 1 may be in substantially the following form: State of Nevada } } ss. County of__________________ } (Date) _______________________________________ Then and there personally appeared __________ and __________, who, being duly sworn, depose and say: That they witnessed the execution of the

foregoing will of the testator, __________; that the testator subscribed the will and declared it to be his or her last will

and testament in their presence; that they thereafter subscribed the will as witnesses

in the presence of the testator and in the presence of each other and at the request

of the testator; and that the testator at the time of the execution of the will appeared

to them to be of full age and of sound mind and memory. ______________________________________________ Affiant ______________________________________________ Affiant Subscribed and sworn to before me this __________ day of the month of __________ of the year __________ ___________________________________________ Notary Public 3. The declaration described in subsection 1 may be in substantially the following

form: Under penalty of perjury pursuant to the law of the State of Nevada, the undersigned,

__________and__________, declare that the following is true of their own knowledge: That they witnessed

the execution of the foregoing will of the testator,__________; that the testator subscribed the will and declared it to be his or her last will

and testament in their presence; that they thereafter subscribed the will as witnesses

in the presence of the testator and in the presence of each other and at the request

of the testator; and that the testator at the time of the execution of the will appeared

to them to be of full age and of sound mind and memory. Dated this __________ day of__________, __________ ____________________Declarant ____________________Declarant 4. If a testator or a witness signing an affidavit or declaration described in subsection

1 appears by means of audio-video communication, the form for the affidavit or declaration,

as set forth in subsections 2 and 3, respectively, must be modified to indicate that

fact. 5. As used in this section, “audio-video communication” has the meaning ascribed to

it in NRS 133.088 .