1. (1) Subject to RCW 11.12.450(4), an electronic will must be:

   1. (a) A record that is readable as text at the time of signing under (b) of this subsection;

   2. (b) Signed by:

      1. (i) The testator; or
      2. (ii) Another individual in the testator's name, in the testator's physical presence, and by the testator's direction; and

   3. (c) Signed in the physical or electronic presence of the testator and at the testator's direction or request by at least two competent witnesses after:

      1. (i) The signing of the will under (b) of this subsection; or
      2. (ii) The testator's acknowledgment of the signing of the will under (b) of this subsection or acknowledgment of the will.
2. (2) Intent of a testator that the record under subsection (1)(a) of this section be the testator's electronic will may be established by extrinsic evidence.

[ 2021 c 140 s 1005.]

Notes:

Effective date—2021 c 140 ss 1001-1016: See note following RCW 11.12.400.