Electronic will requirements

84 O.S. § 905, under Wills and Succession.

84 O.S. § 905

A. Subject to subsection D of Section 7 of this act, an electronic will must be: 1. A record that is readable as text at the time of signing under paragraph 2 of this subsection; 2. Signed by: a. the testator, or b. another individual in the testator’s name, in the testator’s physical presence and by the testator’s direction in a manner recognized by Oklahoma law; and 3. Signed in the physical or electronic presence of the testator by at least two individuals, each of whom is a resident of a state and physically located in a state at the time of signing, within a reasonable time after witnessing: a. the signing of the will under paragraph 2 of this subsection, or b. the testator’s acknowledgment of the signing of the will under paragraph 2 of this subsection or acknowledgement of the will. B. Intent of a testator that the record under paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section be the testator’s electronic will may be established by extrinsic evidence. Added by Laws 2024, c. 344, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.