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NC S307

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/14/2023

Primary Sponsor

Amy Galey

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Origin

Senate

2023-2024 Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes the North Carolina Uniform Electronic Wills Act, creating a new legal framework for electronic wills alongside existing attested written, holographic, and nuncupative wills.

  • Requires electronic wills to be recorded in electronic form readable as text, signed by the testator, and attested by at least two competent witnesses to be valid.

  • Permits electronic wills to be made self-proved at the time of execution through simultaneous acknowledgment and witness affidavits, and allows creation of certified paper copies for probate purposes.

  • Allows electronic wills to be revoked through methods provided in existing law or by physical act if established by preponderance of evidence that the testator intended revocation.

  • Takes effect January 1, 2025, and applies only to electronic wills executed on or after that date; modifies probate procedures to accept certified paper copies of electronic wills as alternative to the original electronic document.

Legislative Description

GSC NC Uniform Electronic Wills Act

Court Clerks; Courts; Death & Dying; Emerging Technologies; Estates; Id Systems; Information Technology; Internet; Public; Wills

Last Action

Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

3/15/2023

Committee Referrals

Rules and Operations of the Senate3/15/2023

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