Oklahoma § 84-902 - Definitions

§ 84-902. Definitions

As used in the Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act:

1. “Communication technology” means an electronic device or

process that:

a.

allows two or more individuals to communicate with

each other simultaneously by sight and sound, or

b.

when necessary and consistent with other applicable

law, facilitates communication with a remotely located

individual who has a vision, hearing, or speech

impairment;

2. “Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical,

digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar

capabilities;

3. “Electronic presence” means the relationship of two or more

individuals in different locations communicating in real time by

means of communication technology, to the same extent as if the

individuals were physically present in the same location;

4. “Electronic will” means a will executed electronically in

compliance with subsection A of Section 5 of this act;

5. “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible

medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is

retrievable in perceivable form;

6. “Sign” means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a

record:

a.

to execute or adopt a tangible symbol, or

b.

to affix to or logically associate with the record an

electronic symbol or process;

7. “State” means a state of the United States, the District of

Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any

territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the

United States. The term includes property located within the

reservation of a federally recognized Indian tribe; and

8. “Will” includes a codicil and any testamentary instrument

that merely appoints an executor, revokes or revises another will,

nominates a guardian, or expressly excludes or limits the right of

an individual or class to succeed to property of the decedent

passing by intestate succession.

Added by Laws 2024, c. 344, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.