Oklahoma § 84-907 - Acknowledgment and attestation

§ 84-907. Acknowledgment and attestation

A. An electronic will may be simultaneously executed, attested,

and made self-proving by acknowledgment of the testator and

affidavits of the witnesses.

B. The acknowledgment and affidavits under subsection A of this

section must be:

1. Made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under

law of the state in which execution occurs or before an officer

authorized under and in the manner provided by the Oklahoma Remote

Online Notary Act; and

2. Evidenced by the officer’s certificate under official seal

affixed to or logically associated with the electronic will.

C. The acknowledgment and affidavits under subsection A of this

section must be in substantially the following form:

I, ___________________________, the testator, and, being sworn,

(name)

declare to the undersigned officer that I sign this instrument as my

electronic will, I willingly sign it or willingly direct another

individual to sign it for me, I execute it as my voluntary act for

the purposes expressed in this instrument, and I am 18 years of age

or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.

_______________________ __________________________

Testator

City and state where located when signing

We, ___________________________ and ___________________________,

(name)

(name)

witnesses, being sworn, declare to the undersigned officer that the

testator signed this instrument as the testator’s electronic will,

that the testator willingly signed it or willingly directed another

individual to sign for the testator, and that each of us, in the

physical [or electronic] presence of the testator, signs this

instrument as witness to the testator’s signing, and to the best of

our knowledge the testator is 18 years of age or older, of sound

mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.

________________________

Witness signature

________________________

Name and Residence (printed)

________________________

City and state where located when signing

________________________

Witness signature

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 84. Wills and Succession

________________________

Name and Residence (printed)

________________________

City and state where located when signing

Certificate of officer:

State of __________

County of __________

Subscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me by

__________________,

(name)

the testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me by

__________________ and

(name)

__________________, witnesses, this ______ day of ______, ___.

(name)

(Seal)

___________________________________

(Signed)

___________________________________

(Capacity of officer)

D. A signature physically or electronically affixed to an

affidavit that is affixed to or logically associated with an

electronic will under this act is deemed a signature of the

electronic will under subsection A of Section 5 of this act.

Added by Laws 2024, c. 344, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.