474.548 Electronic will requirements.

474.548. Electronic will requirements. — 1. An electronic will shall be: (1) A record that is readable as text at the time of signing as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection and remains accessible as text for later reference; (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; and (3) Signed in the physical or electronic presence of the testator by at least two individuals after witnessing: (a) The signing of the will pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection; or (b) The testator's acknowledgment of the signing of the will pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection or acknowledgment of the will. 2. The intent of a testator that the record in subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section be the testator's electronic will may be established by extrinsic evidence. 3. In accordance with the provisions of sections 474.337 or 474.550 , a witness to a will shall be a resident of a state and physically located in a state at the time of signing if no self-proving affidavit is signed contemporaneously with the execution of the electronic will. (L. 2025 H.B. 754)