This bill enacts the Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- enacts the Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act;
- establishes the scope of the provisions this bill enacts;
- provides that a non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature may not be denied legal effect because the non-testamentary estate planning document or electronic signature is in electronic form;
- provides that a non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature is attributable to a person if the non-testamentary estate planning document or the electronic signature was the act of the person;
- provides notarization and acknowledgment requirements for a non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature on an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document;
- provides witnessing and attestation requirements for an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document;
- establishes retention requirements for an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document;
- provides the manner in which an individual may certify a paper copy of an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document;
- provides that an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature on an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document may not be excluded from a proceeding solely because the electronic non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature is in electronic form; and
- provides the manner in which the provisions this bill enacts relate to existing law.