Title 75
Chapter 2
Part 5
Section 502
| Index | Utah Code |
| Title 75 | Utah Uniform Probate Code |
| Chapter 2 | Intestate Succession and Wills |
| Part 5 | Wills |
| Section 502 | Execution -- Witnessed wills -- Holographic wills. |
75-2-502.
Execution -- Witnessed wills -- Holographic wills.
| (1) |
Except as provided in Subsection (2) and in Sections 75-2-503, 75-2-506, and 75-2-513, a will shall be:
| (b) |
signed by the testator or in the testator's name by some other individual in the testator's conscious presence and by the testator's direction; and |
| (c) |
signed by at least two individuals, each of whom signed within a reasonable time after he witnessed either the signing of the will as described in Subsection (1)(b) or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature or acknowledgment of the will. |
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| (2) |
A will that does not comply with Subsection (1) is valid as a holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if the signature and material portions of the document are in the testator's handwriting. |
| (3) |
Intent that the document constitutes the testator's will can be established by extrinsic evidence, including, for holographic wills, portions of the document that are not in the testator's handwriting. |
Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter
39, 1998 General Session